Public Lecture and Graduation Ceremony: McGill-ASLI Course on International Space Law and Governance

​Join us for a virtual Public Lecture/Graduation Ceremony of the McGill-ASLI Course on International Space Law and Governance, a joint course organised by the African Space Leadership Institute (ASLI) and McGill Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Canada.

​The participants (from Ghana, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, Uganda, and Zimbabwe), participated in a 6-week course, aimed at providing participants with a comprehensive understanding of the legal frameworks and governance structures governing global space activities. Participants also examined the role of international law in the regulation of outer space activities as well as the legal principles, policies, and practices that shape the development, regulation, and utilisation of space resources and technologies.

​We thank all our facilitators including: Andrea Harrington, Upasana Dasgupta, Tare Brisibe, PhD, Gilles Doucet, Adrian Tiplady, Julia Selman Ayetey, Prof Peter Nesgos and Etim Offiong.

​The lecture will be delivered by Prof. Ram Jakhu (Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus, McGill Institute of Air and Space Law). He teaches and conducts research in international space law, law of space commercialisation, space safety and security, national regulation of space activities, law of telecommunications, and public international law. He is the Project Director and Co-Editor of the McGill Manual on International Law Applicable to Military Uses of Outer Space (#MILAMOS Project); Project Director and Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Encyclopedia of International Space Law, and Research Director on Project on Space Laws and Policies in South Asia.

​Prof. Jakhu was the Project Director and Principal Investigator of an international and interdisciplinary study entitled as Global Space Governance: An International Study (Springer, 2017). He previously served as the Director of IASL.