The Outer Space Law (OSL) website is a practical means for providing students, professionals and interested people at large, with useful tools to navigate the vast space sector from a legal perspective.
The Team, guided by the authoritative expertise in the field of Professor Sergio Marchisio, is composed of young scholars and researchers in International Law and Space Law at the Department of Political Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome.
The website articulates in sections, illustrating the activities carried out by the Team in the field of education, capacity-building, research, and dissemination.
Professor of Space Law
Department of Political Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome
Chairman, European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
Sergio Marchisio is Professor of Space Law at Sapienza University of Rome, Chairman of the European Centre for Space Law at the European Space Agency (ECSL/ESA), Member of the Advisory Council of the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), General Counsel of the International Astronautical Federation (IAF), Senior Legal Advisor of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Scientific Responsible of the research project OSL – Outer Space Law for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, funded by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Space Agency (2014-2018). Legal Expert at Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian Delegate to many international conferences. Chair of the Intergovernmental Committee entrusted to negotiate the Space Assets Protocol to the Cape Town Convention (2001-2012) and Chair of the Commission of the Whole of the Berlin Diplomatic Conference. Italian delegate to the UN COPUOS where he served as Chairman of the Legal Subcommittee (2004-2006), and Delegate to the Working Group on the Long-Term Sustainability of the Outer Space Activities (2010-2018). Member of the EEAS-EU Task Force for an International Code of Conduct on Outer Space Activities and Chair of the multilateral negotiations on an ICoC held at the United Nations in New York, in July 2015. Member of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Outer Space Transparency and Confidence-Building Measures (TCBMs, UNGA Resolution 65/68) (2011-2013) and of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Practical Measures for the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS, UNGA Resolution 72/250). Member of the Specialized Panel of Arbitrators pursuant to the Optional Rules for Arbitration of Disputes relating to Outer Space Activities of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Full list of publications on iris.uniroma1.it
Research Fellow
Department of Political Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome
Pierfrancesco is research fellow in International Law and Space Law at Sapienza University of Rome. He currently participates in the OSL Project – Outer Space Law for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, carried out by the Department of Political Sciences of Sapienza University in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency and the Kenya Space Agency. PhD in Public, Comparative and International Law, he is Adjunct Professor of “International Law and Cooperation” at Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma and of “International Organizations” at Università degli Studi Gugliemo Marconi. He has been Responsible of the research project on “Jam in Orbit: Legal Features and New Challenges for Space Traffic Management”, funded by Sapienza University of Rome. In 2016, he was the recipient of the Prof. Dr. I.H.Ph. Diederiks-Verschoor Award granted by the International Institute of Space Law. Full list of publications on iris.uniroma1.it
Junior Research Fellow
Department of Political Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome
Ludovica is junior research fellow in space law at Sapienza University of Rome. She graduated in Political Sciences and International Relations in 2018 and obtained her master’s degree in International Relations in 2020 with a final dissertation in international space law at Sapienza University of Rome. She is member of the Italian National Point of Contact (NPOC) of the ECSL based in Rome. In 2021 she was selected to take part in the Summer Course on Space Law and Policy organised by the ESA/ECSL. She participated as Panelist in the 2021 ECSL Young Lawyers’ Symposium and the 2021 International Institute of Space Law (IISL) Young Scholars Symposium. In 2022 she contributed to the Masterclass on Space Law and Policy within the IAF Global Conference on Space for Emerging Countries (GLEC 2022) in Quito. She is currently focusing her research on the legal aspects of the sustainability of space activities within the framework of the OSL Project – Outer Space Law for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, realised by the Department of Political Sciences of Sapienza University in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the Kenya Space Agency (KSA).
Researcher
Department of Political Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome
Gianfranco is Researcher in International Law and Aggregate Professor of “Environmental Justice and Climate Change Law” and of “International Organizations” at the Department of Political Sciences of Sapienza University of Rome. Legal expert in international protection and human rights at the Territorial Commission for the Recognition of International Protection, Rome, appointed by the Ministry of the Interior on the designation of the UNHCR. PhD in International Law and Human Rights, from 2017 to 2020 he was Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Space Law, with a research on the national legislation on space activities. In 2017, he participated in the research program “50 Years of Space Law. Space Law in 50 Years” of the Centre for Studies and Research of The Hague Academy of International Law, with a research on information via satellite and human rights. He currently participates in various research projects, among which: OSL – Outer Space Law for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development, in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency and the Kenya Space Agency; HABITABLE – Linking Climate Change, Habitability and Social Tipping Points: Scenarios for Climate Migration, Horizon 2020, funded by the European Commission.
Full list of publications on iris.uniroma1.it
Ph.D Candidate
Department of Political Sciences
Sapienza University of Rome
Maria Vittoria is researcher in space law and space policy. She is currently enrolled in a PhD Programme in Public, Comparative and International Law at Sapienza University with a research project in Space Law. She writes for the daily newspaper Blitz Quotidiano. She is also a member of the BoD of IARI – Istituto Analisi Relazioni Internazionali as Column Curator and Head of IARISPACE, a column dedicated to space. Previously, she was a Resident Fellow at ESPI with an ASI-SIOI research fellowship and did an internship at ESA-ESRIN. She pursued a single cycle Master’s Degree in Law at Sapienza University. She holds a Master in Space Institutions and Policies from SIOI and a Postgraduate Course in Intelligence and National Security from the University of Florence. Over the past two years, she has researched, written and published on various space-related topics and participated in a few conferences presenting her work.
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