This volume offers a rigorous and comprehensive examination of the legal and institutional frameworks shaping space activities across Latin America. Through a series of country-specific analyses—including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay—it explores the evolution of national space programs, regulatory reforms, and international collaborations that define the region’s approach to outer space governance.
The book also highlights the pivotal role of the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Universities and Institutions that Research on Space Technology, Policy and Law (ReLaCa Espacio), underscoring its contribution to academic dialogue and regional integration in space law.
Bringing together the historical context, policy analysis, and legal insights, the book highlights the strategic importance of Latin America’s growing presence in the global space community. It highlights the region’s commitment to the peaceful, responsible and sustainable use of outer space, as well as its capacity to contribute meaningfully to international space law and governance.
RELACA and the Latin American round of the Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot
Court competition aim to expand the knowledge of Space Law in the Latin
American and Caribbean region by promoting its development in the educational
area.- Challenges and Opportunities of Non-Spacefaring Nations in Seeking to
Establish in Todays Space Economy.- Argentine.- Brazil.- Chile.- Mexico.-
Paraguay.- Uruguay.
Ian Grosner. Head of the Legal Department of the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). Chair of the Working Group on the Definition and Delimitation of Outer Space of the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS). Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Air and Space Law from Leiden University (The Netherlands). Space Law professor. Full member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL). Chair of the International Astronautical Federation Latin America and Caribbean Subcommittee (IAF LAC-SC). Arbitrator on the Specialized Panel for Outer Space Disputes of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague.
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