air and space law /channels/taxonomy/term/397/all en 10th UUֱ Annual Strategic Space Law Course /channels/channels/event/10th-mcgill-annual-strategic-space-law-course-359018 &;;&;;&;;/&;; Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:07:01 +0000 webfull 201838 at /channels Research Group on African Air and Space Law launched /channels/channels/news/research-group-african-air-and-space-law-launched-355951 <p>This is only the first step. The <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">UUֱ Institute of Air and Space Law</a> 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. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">Vincent Correia</a> and our Executive Director <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/78307533/admin/feed/posts/#">Stefan-Michael Wedenig</a> for their opening remarks.</p> Fri, 08 Mar 2024 14:04:58 +0000 webfull 198412 at /channels IASL Co-Director Prof. Andrea Harrington in Washington DC /channels/channels/news/iasl-co-director-prof-andrea-harrington-washington-dc-351394 <p>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.</p> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:35:57 +0000 webfull 193236 at /channels IASL Class visits ICAO /channels/channels/news/iasl-class-visits-icao-347502 <p>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.</p> Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:33:19 +0000 webfull 188727 at /channels Conference on International Aviation & Space Financing Law: Challenges, Changes, Innovations /channels/channels/event/conference-international-aviation-space-financing-law-challenges-changes-innovations-346622 <div> <div> <h2 style="text-align:center">Conference on International Aviation & Space Financing Law</h2> <div> <div> <div> <p>Challenges, Changes, Innovations</p></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:37:17 +0000 webfull 187842 at /channels Guest Lecture "Who owns Outer Space?" /channels/channels/news/guest-lecture-who-owns-outer-space-346251 <p>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?".</p> <p>"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.</p> &;;&;;&;;/&;; &;;&;;&;;/&;; Mon, 20 Feb 2023 21:58:56 +0000 webfull 187432 at /channels Winner of the 2022 Sarin-UUֱ Annual Student Essay Contest on Aircraft Finance & Leasing announced /channels/channels/news/winner-2022-sarin-mcgill-annual-student-essay-contest-aircraft-finance-leasing-announced-345768 <div>Sarin & Co. and the Institute of Air and Space Law, UUֱ 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-UUֱ Annual Essay Contest on Aircraft Finance and Leasing 2022.</div> <div><br /> We would like to thank students of law, from around the world, who participated in the contest and made it a grand success.</div> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 02:36:37 +0000 webfull 186869 at /channels IASL Cohort visits Air Canada HQ /channels/channels/news/iasl-cohort-visits-air-canada-hq-345715 <p>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.</p> Tue, 31 Jan 2023 17:45:38 +0000 webfull 186863 at /channels Human Trafficking in Aviation /channels/channels/event/human-trafficking-aviation-344791 <p>The <a href="https://www.iom.int/news/50-million-people-worldwide-modern-slavery">International Organization for Migration (IOM)</a> estimates that there are 50 million people worldwide in modern slavery in 2021 and IOM case data shows that 80% of</p> Mon, 09 Jan 2023 20:35:18 +0000 webfull 185872 at /channels New leadership at the helm of the IASL /channels/channels/news/new-leadership-helm-iasl-341890 <p>The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that<strong> Donal Hanley </strong>has been appointed an associate professor (professional) and interim director of the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL). <strong>Stefan-Michael Wedenig</strong>, LLM’21, was named executive director of the IASL and its Centre for Research in Air and Space Law.  </p> Tue, 13 Sep 2022 20:32:15 +0000 webfull 182503 at /channels UUֱ’s Space Research Conference: What is our future in Space? /channels/channels/event/mcgills-space-research-conference-what-our-future-space-336473 <p>Leacock Building 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 2T7, CA</p> Fri, 14 Jan 2022 17:50:29 +0000 webfull 176500 at /channels Aviation Safety after the B737 MAX Case /channels/channels/event/aviation-safety-after-b737-max-case-334331 <p>The Institute of Air and Space Law cordially invites you to the 2nd installment of its “Law in a Rapidly Evolving Aviation Industry” webinar series, which <a href="https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87843249655?pwd=T1BRcjFKQ091ak14MGdNOWlkRGp3UT09">will tak</a></p> Thu, 21 Oct 2021 19:58:06 +0000 webfull 174231 at /channels Webinar: An Airline Bankruptcy Case Study and Aircraft Lease Restructurings & Repossessions /channels/channels/event/webinar-airline-bankruptcy-case-study-and-aircraft-lease-restructurings-repossessions-333124 <p><strong>The Institute of Air and Space Law cordially invites you to attend its new webinar series. This inaugural 2021-2022 series will examine “Law in a Rapidly Evolving Aviation Industry.” </strong></p> Tue, 07 Sep 2021 19:09:39 +0000 webfull 172846 at /channels Expert: Belarus faces sanctions over Ryanair ‘hijacking’ /channels/channels/news/expert-belarus-faces-sanctions-over-ryanair-hijacking-331257 <p>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.</p> Fri, 28 May 2021 20:30:22 +0000 webfull 170827 at /channels IASL-IAASS Webinar Series III “Constraints on Military Uses of Outer Space: What Might International Law Offer?” /channels/channels/event/iasl-iaass-webinar-series-iii-constraints-military-uses-outer-space-what-might-international-law-326307 <p>The proliferation of military activities in outer space, evidenced by the surge in anti-satellite weapon testing and the augmentation and integration of space-based defense capabilities of many space-faring States in recent years, is increasingly </p> Tue, 17 Nov 2020 21:07:15 +0000 webfull 165361 at /channels