PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

 

SPACE LAW

 

Aims and Objectives

The aim of this Professional Development Programme (PDP) is to provide the participants, from various academic and professional backgrounds, with a thorough introduction to the subject of space law.

The PDP will consist of an intensive 5-day course beginning at 9am until 3pm, apart from day-5 where the lecturing session ends at 12.30pm. Every aspect of national and international space law will be addressed, ranging from topics such as general rules applied to outer space and liability conventions, applications such as telecommunications, broadcasting, remote sensing, navigation and sensitive topics such as dual use, export control and the militerisation of space. The legal status of astronauts and joint projects such as the International Space Station are also introduced. Intellectual property and issues pertinent to contracts within the space sector are also explained.

By the end of the course, participants should feel confident and competent in all aspects of the legal regime surrounding the space sector. The knowledge gained should also lay the groundwork to begin defining national space legislation.

It is suggested the course format should be informal, where questions to the presenter are encouraged throughout the modules. This would enable participants to obtain immediate clarifications, or further detailed explanations of the topic at hand.

Each lecturing session is followed by a daily workshop for 1˝ hours (3 hours 20 minutes on day-5). At the end of each day, time has been set aside for additional interactive questions and answers, to enable further clarifications of specific topics covered during the day. This has been created to ensure all the relevant topics have been covered, to the level of detail desired by the participants.


 

Timetable for PDP in Space Law

 

 

Day 1

Day 2

9:00/9.40

1. Introduction

  • History of space law

  • Space law and international organisations

  • Sources of space law

7. Legal status of astronauts

  • Definition of astronauts

  • Protection of astronauts

 

 

9.40/10.40

2. Status of outer space

  • Non-appropriation

  • Non-militarisation

8. Legal issues of space tourism

 

10.40/11.00

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

11.00/11.45

3. Rules regulating activities in outer space (a & b)

  • Freedom of outer space

  • Responsibility

  • Jurisdiction and control

  • Planetary protection

  • Cooperation

  • Respect of international law

 

9. Legal issues of the International Space Station (ISS)

  • ISS status

  • Regulation of activities on board

11.45/12.30

10. Legal issues of space exploration

  • Planetary protection

  • Scientific cooperation

  • Use of nuclear power sources in outer space

  • Astrobiology

12.30/13.30

LUNCH BREAK (1 hour)

LUNCH BREAK (1 hour)

13.30/14.30

4. Liability issues (a)

  • General liability regime

  • Space law liability regime

  • Registration of space objects

11. Legal issues of space militarisation

  • Legality of military uses

  • Prevention of an arms race in outer space

14.30/15.00

5. Liability issues (b)

  • General liability regime

  • Space law liability regime

  • Registration of space objects

12. Export control

  • Missile technology

  • Dual-use items

15.00/15.20

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

15.20/16.50

6. Workshop

13. Workshop

 

16.50/17.00

COFFEE BREAK (10 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (10 mins)

17.00/18.00

Interactive Q&A Session

Interactive Q&A Session

 

 

Day 3

Day 4

9:00/9.40

14. Satellite telecoms (a)

  • Status of orbits and space frequencies

  • Utilisation of orbits and space frequencies

20. Navigation (a)

  • Institutional issues

  • Provision of navigation services

9.40/10.40

15. Satellite telecoms (b)

  • Liberalisation of the telecom market

  • Provision of telecom services and networks

21. Navigation (b)

  • Liability issues

10.40/11.00

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

11.00/11.45

16. Broadcasting via satellite

  • Frequencies planification

  • Content regulation

22. Earth observation (a)

  • United Nations principles

  • Data policy

11.45/12.30

23. Earth observation (b)

  • Use of data for international law surveillance

12.30/13.30

LUNCH BREAK (1 hour)

LUNCH BREAK (1 hour)

13.30/14.30

17. Internet via satellite

  • Space and the digital divide

  • Internet governance

24. Intellectual property issues

  • Inventions in outer space

  • Protection of programs diffused via satellite

  • Earth observation data protection

14.30/15.00

18. Telemedicine

  • Legal conditions for telemedicine provision

  • Medical data protection

25. Contract issues

  • Satellites contracts

  • Launch contracts

  • Insurance contracts

15.00/15.20

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

15.20/16.50

19. Workshop

 

26. Workshop

 

16.50/17.00

COFFEE BREAK (10 mins)

COFFEE BREAK (10 mins)

17.00/18.00

Interactive Q&A Session

Interactive Q&A Session

 

 

Day 5

9:00/9.40

27. National space legislations (a)

  • USA

  • Russia

  • Australia

  • South Africa

9.40/10.40

28. National space legislations (b)

  • UK

  • Belgium

  • France

10.40/11.00

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

11.00/11.45

29. Future trends in space law

  • Space debris

  • Space law treaties revision

11.45/12.30

12.30/13.30

LUNCH BREAK (1 hour)

13.30/14.30

30. Workshop

 

14.30/15.00

15.00/15.20

COFFEE BREAK (20 mins)

15.20/16.50

31. Workshop (Continued…)

16.50/17.00

COFFEE BREAK (10 mins)

17.00/18.00

Interactive Q&A Session

 

 

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