The Space Law Committee of the International Law Association (ILA) and its most recent contributions

MAUREEN WILLIAMS

United Nations A/AC.105/C.2/L.265, pp.10-9

Naciones Unidas

Lugar: Viena (United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs; Año: 2007 p. 10 - 19

46th SESSION OF THE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE OF COPUOS 26 March - 5 April 2007 Activities of international organisations relating to space law * The Space Law Committee of The International Law Association (ILA) and its Most Recent Contributions Part I The contribution of the International Law Association (ILA) to the development ofspace law goes back to 1958 when a Space Law Committe was set up in the framework of this institution at its 48th Conference in New York. The activity of this Commoittee activity has continued to date without interruption. The history of the ILA and its role in the the development of space law have been recorded in previous presentations to the LSC and Full Committee, to which reference is hereby made. The following lines will be therefore confined to the most immediate results of our work and to reflect the way opinion was moving at the time of the 72nd Conference of the International Law Association held in Toronto on 4-8 June 2006. On this occasion the Space Law Committee submitted its Second Report entitled Legal Aspects of the Privatisation and Commercialisation of Space Activities. Remote Sensing (RS) and National Space Legislation(NSL), as a follow up to its previous Report on these topics for the ILA Conference held in Berlin (2004). In the 2006 Report the Committee‘s objective was to highlight the most controversial issues raised in Berlin on both those topics which, in today’s international scene, appear closely interwoven. Like all important questions, they have nowadays an undoubted political dimension.