Public Lecture - Five decades of Space Law: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Space commercialization
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Event Discipline: Law and Politics

HKU Faculty of Law 50th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture Series

by Zhao Yun, Henry Cheng Professorship in International Law
Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong

The enactment of the Outer Space Treaty in 1967 signified the establishment of the field of space law in the international legal history. This treaty, together with the other four space treaties, constitutes the nucleus of space law and lays a solid legal foundation securing the smooth development of space activities in the next few decades. However, the ongoing process of space commercialization posed serious challenges to the current space legal regime. This lecture will discuss possible approaches to deal with selected legal issues related to space commercialization and explore what mechanisms could be established to manage space resource exploitation in future.

Professor ZHAO Yun is Professor and Head of Department of Law at the University of Hong Kong. He is also Chen An Chair Professor in International Law at Xiamen University (2015), Siyuan Scholar Chair Professor at Shanghai University of Foreign Trade (2012-14). He is listed as arbitrator in several international arbitration commissions.

Date/Time 21/10/2019 18:30-19:30 Venue Academic Conference Room, 11/F Cheng Yu Tung Tower, The University of Hong Kong Language English

Registration is open from 20/09/2019 10:00(HKT) to 21/10/2019 17:00(HKT) on a first-come-first-served basis.