The Institute produces a wide variety of material ranging from its regular newsletters to the proceedings of colloquia.
ProceedingsIISL Proceedings are available here.
Books and eBooks25 Years of the IAA/IISL Roundtable. A look back at the 25 IAA/IISL Scientific-Legal round tables at the International Astronautical Congresses.
New Perspectives on Space Law (Mark J. Sundahl & V. Gopalakrishnan, eds. 2011). This is the first e-book published by the IISL and contains the papers of the participants in the Young Scholars Session of the 53rd Annual Colloquium on the Law of Outer Space held in 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The IISL republished The Law of Outer Space, An Experience in Contemporary Law Making by Judge Manfred Lachs. The new edition was edited by Prof. Tanja Masson-Zwaan and Prof. Stephan Hobe and published by Nijhoff/Brill. See brochure
International Institute of Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation - A brief History (1958-1982), by E. Pépin, Honorary President, 1982 (AIAA)
Space Law: a Bibliography, a cumulative index of the Proceedings of IISL Colloquia, 1958-1994 (UN, 1996, V.96-81142-March 1996). Click here to access. This Bibliography contains a cumulative index of the Proceedings of IISL Colloquia, 1958-1994, searchable by author and by topic.
Origins of International Space Law and the International Institute of Space Law of the International Astronautical Federation, S. Doyle, Honorary Director, 2002 (Univelt, ISBN 0-912183-17-9)
Proceedings of the Colloquia on the Law of Outer Space, published since 1958.
Click here to access the AIAA Proceedings website.
Then under 'organization', select 'international institute of space law' to see the list.
2010 Proceedings now published.
Members of the Institute receive our newsletter every six months. The most recent five IISL newsletters are shown on this page with older issues in the newsletter archive.
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Statements by the Board of Directors
Unidroit reports
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2011 Unidroit report |
IISL/ECSL Symposia
The annual IISL/ECSL Symposia are organised for the delegates of the Legal Subcommittee of UN-COPUOS in Vienna.
Eilene M. Galloway Symposia on Critical Issues in Space Law
- Fifth Symposium: Art. IX of the Outer Space Treaty and Peaceful Purposes: Issues and Implementation (2010). A report is also available.
- Fourth Symposium: International Cooperation for Peaceful Purposes (2009).
- Third Symposium: Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty: Issues and Implementation (2008).
- Second Symposium: International Civil Space Cooperation: Obstacles and Opportunities (2007).
- First Symposium: Art. IX of the Outer Space Treaty and Peaceful Purposes: Issues and Implementation (2006).
Symposia and Conferences
- IAA/IISL Conference 2010
- ESPI 2010
- 2007: Chiangmai Space Law Conference
- Summary report of the IASL-IISL International and Interdisciplinary Workshop on Policy and Law Relating to Outer Space Resources: the Example of the Moon, Mars & Other Celestial Bodies, 2006 (published by McGill Institute of Air and Space Law)
- Proceedings of the IASL-IISL International and Interdisciplinary Workshop on Policy and Law Relating to Outer Space Resources: the Example of the Moon, Mars & Other Celestial Bodies, 2006 (published by McGill Institute of Air and Space Law)
- Proceedings of the 4th IISL regional Space Law Conference, Bangkok, 2006, "Asian Cooperation in Space Activities: A Common Approach to Legal Matters" (published by McGill Institute of Air and Space Law)
- Proceedings of the 3rd IISL regional Space Law Conference, Bangalore, 2005, "Bringing Space Benefits To The Asian Region"(published by ISRO)
- Proceedings of the 2nd IISL regional Space Law Conference, Beijing, China, 25-27 April 2004 (China Institute of Space Law, CISL, 2004
- Proceedings of the 1st IISL regional space law conference, Singapore, 2001, "Special Feature" of the Singapore Journal of International and Comparative Law (vol. 5, 2001)
- Proceedings of the Workshop on Space Law in the Twenty-first Century, organised by the International Institute of Space Law, UNISPACE III, 1999
Committee Reports
At each annual Colloquium, the Standing Committee of the Institute prepares and submits a report on the status of agreements relating to activities in outer space.
See the IISL Standing Committee page for more information.
On the Moot Court resources page, there are further links.