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About the topic:
Space activities are going through a paradigm change due to new space actors, novel ideas to use and explore outer space. This development puts pressure to authorities to create solutions to maintain the long-term sustainability of spaceflight. As Article VI of the Outer Space Treaty requires States Parties to authorize and continuously supervise national space activities, many States are acting national space laws to respond to these trends. International and national law is complemented by a wide variety of non-legally binding instruments, including behavioural guidelines, industry best practices and technical standards. A prominent example are guidelines and standards aimed at mitigating space debris. These norms of non-legally binding character can be ‘incorporated’ in national space laws and can become binding legal obligations at national level. This development of space law through ‘soft law’ and national space laws raise legal and practical questions, which will be discussed in this lecture.
About the speakers:
Jenni Tapio
Ms. Jenni Tapio works as a Chief Specialist with a special focus on space activities, representing Finland at the United Nations (UN) Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) as the head of delegation to the legal and scientific
subcommittees and as alternate head of delegation in the main committee.
Ms. Tapio is involved in the activity of the European Space Agency (ESA) in her current roles as the vice-chair of its international relations committee, as well as a delegate of the programme board on space situational awareness and the committee
dealing with industrial policy. Ms. Tapio is also a member of the board of the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL).
Ms. Tapio is chairing the Finnish Space Committee’s division on space situational awareness, and is a member of the secretariat of the Space Committee.
Read more about Jenni Tapio here: Jenni_Tapio_bio.pdf
Alexander Soucek
Alexander Soucek is the Head of the Public International Law Division of the European Space Agency (ESA). He also serves as the Secretary of the International Space Station Coordination Committee and the legal advisor of ESA’s International Relations Committee, and represents ESA in the Legal Subcommittee of the UN COPUOS.
He is a corresponding member of the International Academy of Astronautics, a member of the International Institute of Space Law and of the European Centre for Space Law, and serves as a Director of the World Space Week Association. From 2003-2020, he also served as a member of the Executive Board, and president of the Austrian Space Forum.
Read more about Alexander Soucek here: Alexander_Soucek_bio.pdf
