The UNIDROIT Protocol on Space Assets
Workshops and conferences
UNIDROIT/ECSL Colloquium: “The Preliminary Draft Space Assets Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment”
ESA Headquarters, Paris, France, 5 September 2003
Books
M. HÖPFL
“Rechtsrahmen für die wirtschaftliche Nutzung des Weltraumes durch Privatunternehmen - Eine Analyse zentraler Rechtsfragen der wirtschaftlichen Nutzung des Weltraumes durch Privatunternehmen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment vom November 2001 in Verbindung mit dem UNIDROIT Preliminary Draft Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets vom Januar 2002”
Ergon Verlag, Würzburg, 2003
Articles
A. M. BALSANO
“Modernising Secured Transactions Law: A Viewpoint from the European Space Agency”
Uniform Law Review / Revue de droit uniforme, Vol. 8, 2003, pp. 375-376.
T. BERTRAND
“Le financement des satellites et les sûretés réelles mobilières conventionnelles”
Mémoire pour l'obtention du Diplôme d'Etude Approfondie (DEA) de Droit International Public et Privé, sous la direction de M. le Professeur Louis Balmond. Nice, Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, Institut du droit de la paix et du développement (IDPD), 2000, pp. 176.
U.BOHLMANN
“Short report on the background and current state of play of the UNIDROIT Convention on International Interest in Mobile Equipment and its Preliminary Draft Protocol on Matters specific to Space Assets”
ECSL Newsletter, N.38, 2011, p. 22.
J. M. de FARAMIÑÀN GILBERT
“Private International Law and Space Activities”
ECSL Newsletter, N. 21, 2000, p. 4.
J. M. de FARAMIÑÀN GILBERT, R. CAPARRÓS del MORAL
“Análisis general del Convenio de UNIDROIT relativo a las garantías internacionales sobre bienes de equipo móvil: especial referencia al Proyecto preliminar de Protocolo conexo sobre cuestiones concretas relacionadas con la propiedad espacial”
Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, Vol. LV, N. 1, 2003, pp.501-505.
J. M. de FARAMIÑÀN GILBERT, V. RODRIGUEZ SERRANO
“Derecho Internacional Privado y actividades espaciales”
Boletín del Centro Español de Derecho Espacial, n. 11, 2001.
P. Van FENEMA
“The UNIDROIT Space Protocol, the Concept of “Launching State”, Space Traffic Management and the Delimitation of Outer Space”
Air & Space Law, Vol. 27, 2002, pp. 266-279.
C. FEYTE
“Le projet de Convention Unidroit relative aux garanties internationales portant sur des objets mobiles: L’irrésistible ascension du droit international privé dans la régulation des activités spatiales”
ECSL Newsletter, N. 21, 2000, p. 3.
A. FONTMICHEL
“Commentaires sur "l’avant-projet de Protocole sur les questions spécifiques aux matériels d’équipement spatial au projet de Convention d’Unidroit relative aux garanties internationales portant sur des matériels d’équipement mobiles”
ZLW, Year 2001, Issue 4.
R. KAUL
“Control of Space Assets: Ethics in International Diplomacy”
Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. XXXI, 2006.
J. KLUCKA
“The Role of Private International Law in the Regulation of Outer Space”
International and Comparative Law Quarterly, Vol. 39, N. 4, 1990, p. 918.
S. KOZUKA
“The Commercialisation of the Space and the Legal Infrastructure for Asset Based Financing: Commentary on the Draft Protocol on Space Assets to the Cape Town Convention (parts 1 & 2)”
Sophia Law Review, Vol. 46, N. 4, 2003, pp. 1-20; Vol. 47, N. 1, 2003, pp. 1-43.
H. KRONKE
“The Draft UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Draft Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets”
In K.-H. BÖCKSTIEGEL (ed.), “Project 2001 – Legal Framework for the Commercial Use of Outer Space: Recommendations and Conclusions to Develop the Present State of the Law”, Carl Heymanns Verlag, 2002, pp. 643-656.
P. B. LARSEN, J. A. HEILBOCK
“UNIDROIT Project on Security Interests: How the Project Affects Space Objects”
Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol. 64, 1999, pp. 703-770.
A. MAGNUSSEN
“The Communications Satellite as Collateral: Swedish Property Law in Outer Space” Stockholm, Stockholms Universitet, 1999, pp. 92. (Juridiska Fakulteten Skriftserien Nr 58).
S. MARCHISIO
“The UNIDROIT Draft Protocol on Space Assets: Towards the Diplomatic Conference?”
ECSL Newsletter, N.37, 2010, p. 9.
S. MARCHISIO
“Le protocole spatial d’Unidroit”
Géo Observateur, N.12, 2002, pp. 30-33.
P. D. NESGOS
“New Developments in Space Law Concerning Financing and Risk Management”
Annals of Air and Space Law, Vol. XXVII, 2002.
S. OSPINA
“El Protocolo sobre bienes espaciales de UNIDROIT: ¿un paso hacia la privatización del Espacio Ultraterrestre?”
CIDA-E: revista del Centro de Investigación y Difusión Aeronáutica-Espacial, Vol. 22, Issues 26-27, 2002, pp. 27-35.
T. OYEKUNLE
“Draft Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment”
In “Proceedings of the United Nations/Nigeria Workshop on Space Law: Meeting International Responsibility and Addressing Domestic Needs, Abuja, 21-24 November 2005 ”, United Nations, 2006, p. 519.
D. A. PANAHY, R. MITTAL
“The Prospective UNIDROIT Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment as Applied to Space Property”
Uniform Law Review / Revue de droit uniforme, N. 4, 1999, pp. 303-312.
O. M. RIBBELINK
“The Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets”
European Review of Private Law, Vol. 12, 2004, pp. 37-45.
O. M. RIBBELINK
“The draft Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets and the (Unidroit) Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment”
In “Proceedings of the United Nations/International Institute of Air and Space Law Workshop: Capacity Building in Space Law, The Hague, 18-21 November 2002”, United Nations, 2003, p. 84.
M. J. STANFORD, B. POULAIN
“The Preliminary Draft Space Assets Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Space Assets”
In “Proceedings of the United Nations/Thailand/European Space Agency Workshop on Space Law: Activities of States in Outer Space in Light of New Developments: Meeting International Responsibilities and Establishing National Legal and Policy Frameworks, Bangkok, 16-19 November 2010”.
M. J. STANFORD
“The Preliminary Draft Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on Matters Specific to Space Assets: A Unique Opportunity to Expand the Benefits of Space-Based Services and to Broaden the Market for Commercial Space Activities in General”
In “Proceedings of the United Nations/ Islamic Republic of Iran Workshop on Space Law: Role of International Space Law in the Development and Strengthening of International and Regional Cooperation in the Peaceful Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Tehran, 8-11 November 2009”, United Nations, 2010.
M. J. STANFORD
“UNIDROIT’s Project for the Creation of a New International Regimen Governing the Taking of Security Over High-Value Mobile Equipment: A Window of Opportunity for the Financing of Railway Rolling Stock and Commercial Space Activities”
Revista mexicana de derecho internacional privado y comparado, 2003, pp. 91-150.
M. J. STANFORD
“The UNIDROIT Project for the Creation of a New Legal Regimen Governing the Taking of Security in High-Value Mobile Assets: A Window of Opportunity for the Commercialisation of Space”
In R. A. HARRIS (eds.), “Proceedings of the Third ECSL Colloquium: International Organisations and Space Law: Their Role and Contributions, Perugia, Italy, 6-7 May 1999”, ESA/ECSL Publications, 1999, pp. 375-380.
M. J. STANFORD, A. de FONTMICHEL
“Overview of the Current Situation Regarding the Preliminary Draft Space Property Protocol and Its Examination by COPUOS”
Uniform Law Review / Revue de droit uniforme, N. 6, 2001, pp. 60-77.