��ֱ�� News - air and space law

Research Group on African Air and Space Law launched

webfull — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:04:58 +0000

This is only the first step. The ��ֱ�� Institute of Air and Space Law is thrilled to announce the take-off of the Research Group focusing on air and space law in Africa! Thank you to the Co-Director, Prof. Vincent Correia and our Executive Director Stefan-Michael Wedenig for their opening remarks.

Published: 8 March 2024

IASL Co-Director Prof. Andrea Harrington in Washington DC

webfull — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:35:57 +0000

On 26 September, IASL Co-Director Prof. Andrea Harrington travelled to Washington DC to provide a lecture about the development and use of international institutions with a focus on space security and space safety to a cohort of students enrolled in the Master of International Public Policy program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies campus. She delivered the lecture and then participated in the three seminar discussions in the brand new JHU facility at 555 Pennsylvania avenue, which opened last month.

Published: 26 September 2023

IASL Class visits ICAO

webfull — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:33:19 +0000

On March 30, 2023, the Institute’s students attended their Airline Business Law class, given by Sessional Lecturer George Petsikas, at nearby ICAO Headquarters. ICAO Secretary General Mr. Juan Carlos Salazar (IASL LL.M., 1999) greeted the class before Mr. Michael Gill, the Director of the Legal Affairs and External Relations Bureau, spent the morning giving the students a guest lecture about the main bodies of ICAO, the work of the ICAO Legal Committee, and environmental concerns and initiatives at ICAO.

Published: 31 March 2023

Guest Lecture "Who owns Outer Space?"

webfull — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:58:56 +0000

The IASL was pleased to host Prof. Byers and Prof. Boley from the University of British Columbia for a guest lecture on February 16th. In front of an excited cohort, Prof. Byers and Prof. Boley delivered an interesting and engaging lecture based on their new book titled "Who Owns Outer Space?".

"We are immensely grateful to Prof. Byers and Prof. Boley for sharing their expertise on such a contemporary and important issue in Space Law" Interim Director, Prof. Donal Hanley said.

Published: 20 February 2023

Winner of the 2022 Sarin-��ֱ�� Annual Student Essay Contest on Aircraft Finance & Leasing announced

webfull — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:36:37 +0000

Sarin & Co. and the Institute of Air and Space Law, ��ֱ�� are pleased to announce that Avani Gupta from the International Institute of Air and Space Law, Leiden University, has been adjudged as the winner of the Sarin-��ֱ�� Annual Essay Contest on Aircraft Finance and Leasing 2022.

We would like to thank students of law, from around the world, who participated in the contest and made it a grand success.

Published: 31 January 2023

IASL Cohort visits Air Canada HQ

webfull — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:45:38 +0000

On 27 January 2022, a group of 25 students, consisting of the 2021, 2022 and 2023 cohorts, enjoyed the unique opportunity to visit the headquarters of Air Canada located at Montreal airport for a career field trip. Under the warm hospitality and guidance of employees at Air Canada, they were given a special tour of the crew training facilities, the maintenance hangar, the dangerous goods department as well as call centre operations and enjoyed lectures by seasoned professionals at the legal and regulatory affairs department and the network planning department of Canada's flag carrier.

Published: 31 January 2023

New leadership at the helm of the IASL

webfull — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:32:15 +0000

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Donal Hanley has been appointed an associate professor (professional) and interim director of the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL). Stefan-Michael Wedenig, LLM’21, was named executive director of the IASL and its Centre for Research in Air and Space Law.

Published: 13 September 2022

Expert: Belarus faces sanctions over Ryanair ‘hijacking’

webfull — Fri, 28 May 2021 20:30:22 +0000

Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist’. In a video posted online, the detained blogger, Roman Protasevich, 26, said he was in good health, being held in a pretrial detention facility in Minsk, and acknowledged having played a role in organizing mass disturbances in the capital last year. The comments were immediately dismissed by his allies, including his father, as having been made under duress.

Published: 28 May 2021

How Brexit Can Transform the Governance of Global Civil Aviation

webfull — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 18:06:27 +0000

The ��ֱ�� Institute of Air and Space Law has released a detailed new paper by its Director, Professor Brian F. Havel, that comprehensively analyses the legal and policy consequences of Brexit for the airline industries of the United Kingdom (UK), the European Union (EU), and the United States (US).

Published: 16 October 2018

Missing Malaysia Airlines flight raises legal problems

webfull — Sun, 11 May 2014 16:17:57 +0000

Published: 11 May 2014

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