Remote Sensing and Satellite Data - Space Debris - New Developments Part I

MAUREEN WILLIAMS

La Haya

Congreso; Seventy-fourth Conference of the International Law Association; 2010

International Law Association

 ILA HAGUE CONFERENCE 2010          Abstract by the Committee Chair  Professor Dr. Maureen Williams  Part I, by the Committee Chair, follows up the ideas put forward at the 2008 Rio Conference and its aftermath with a view to providing realistic suggestions in the current international scenes. The prevailing opinion of the Committee, including officers and members, and other experts with whom we liaised during these years, concurs that remote sensing, space debris and dispute settlement, in Part I of the Report, and national space legislation, in Part II, continue to be high priorities, in most circles, in the current international and regional contexts. Having in mind our work over the next two years, and based on recent perceptions from the international arena, we are introducing some thoughts on related subjects, namely NEOs (Near Earth Objects) and an introductory piece on the 1979 Moon Agreement -on which, as will be later mentioned, the ILA had already adopted a Resolution at the 2002 New Delhi Conference- to establish its consistency with the advances of science and technology which are rapidly changing the face of the world. What follows is, therefore, the pre-stage of our Final Report on Remote Sensing and NSL expected for 2012, including the topics under permanent study of this Committee -i.e. space debris and dispute settlement related to space activities- and a brief introduction on related topics as possible areas for future work and on which we are beginning to give our views. The prevailing opinion of the Committee, including officers and members, and other experts with whom we liaised during these years, concurs that remote sensing, space debris and dispute settlement, in Part I of the Report, and national space legislation, in Part II, continue to be high priorities, in most circles, in the current international and regional contexts. Having in mind our work over the next two years, and based on recent perceptions from the international arena, we are introducing some thoughts on related subjects, namely NEOs (Near Earth Objects) and an introductory piece on the 1979 Moon Agreement -on which, as will be later mentioned, the ILA had already adopted a Resolution at the 2002 New Delhi Conference- to establish its consistency with the advances of science and technology which are rapidly changing the face of the world. What follows is, therefore, the pre-stage of our Final Report on Remote Sensing and NSL expected for 2012, including the topics under permanent study of this Committee -i.e. space debris and dispute settlement related to space activities- and a brief introduction on related topics as possible areas for future work and on which we are beginning to give our views. The prevailing opinion of the Committee, including officers and members, and other experts with whom we liaised during these years, concurs that remote sensing, space debris and dispute settlement, in Part I of the Report, and national space legislation, in Part II, continue to be high priorities, in most circles, in the current international and regional contexts. Having in mind our work over the next two years, and based on recent perceptions from the international arena, we are introducing some thoughts on related subjects, namely NEOs (Near Earth Objects) and an introductory piece on the 1979 Moon Agreement -on which, as will be later mentioned, the ILA had already adopted a Resolution at the 2002 New Delhi Conference- to establish its consistency with the advances of science and technology which are rapidly changing the face of the world. What follows is, therefore, the pre-stage of our Final Report on Remote Sensing and NSL expected for 2012, including the topics under permanent study of this Committee -i.e. space debris and dispute settlement related to space activities- and a brief introduction on related topics as possible areas for future work and on which we are beginning to give our views. The prevailing opinion of the Committee, including officers and members, and other experts with whom we liaised during these years, concurs that remote sensing, space debris and dispute settlement, in Part I of the Report, and national space legislation, in Part II, continue to be high priorities, in most circles, in the current international and regional contexts. Having in mind our work over the next two years, and based on recent perceptions from the international arena, we are introducing some thoughts on related subjects, namely NEOs (Near Earth Objects) and an introductory piece on the 1979 Moon Agreement -on which, as will be later mentioned, the ILA had already adopted a Resolution at the 2002 New Delhi Conference- to establish its consistency with the advances of science and technology which are rapidly changing the face of the world. What follows is, therefore, the pre-stage of our Final Report on Remote Sensing and NSL expected for 2012, including the topics under permanent study of this Committee -i.e. space debris and dispute settlement related to space activities- and a brief introduction on related topics as possible areas for future work and on which we are beginning to give our views. The prevailing opinion of the Committee, including officers and members, and other experts with whom we liaised during these years, concurs that remote sensing, space debris and dispute settlement, in Part I of the Report, and national space legislation, in Part II, continue to be high priorities, in most circles, in the current international and regional contexts. Having in mind our work over the next two years, and based on recent perceptions from the international arena, we are introducing some thoughts on related subjects, namely NEOs (Near Earth Objects) and an introductory piece on the 1979 Moon Agreement -on which, as will be later mentioned, the ILA had already adopted a Resolution at the 2002 New Delhi Conference- to establish its consistency with the advances of science and technology which are rapidly changing the face of the world. What follows is, therefore, the pre-stage of our Final Report on Remote Sensing and NSL expected for 2012, including the topics under permanent study of this Committee -i.e. space debris and dispute settlement related to space activities- and a brief introduction on related topics as possible areas for future work and on which we are beginning to give our views. .