The 2021 Manfred Lachs Space Law Moot Court Competition problem has been released by The International Institute of Space Law (IISL)

Hello, readers!

The International Institute of Space Law (IISL) disclosed, on August 16, the case study problem of the traditional competition "Manfred Lachs Simulated Court of Space Law" for its 2021 edition. 

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This worldwide competition has been held every year since 1993 (for international rounds) and consists of a simulation of a legal battle (over a fictional situation) between teams of law students from all continents, representing their respective countries.

Like a world cup for space law students community, the teams must participate of regional (continental) eliminatory stages before the regional winners face each other on finals' event of the competition. 

This year, because the pandemic, the competition will occur entirely online.

Despite Brazil's outstanding contributions to diplomacy in space matters and international space law, unfortunately, our country has never had any teams participating in this competition.

For more information about the 2021 event, see the next link: https://iislweb.org/the-2021-manfred-lachs-space-law-moot-court-competition-problem-has-been-released/

Our sincere thanks to Dr. Ian Grosner (Federal Attorney and Master in LL.M. Adv. Air & Space Law - Leiden University) for sending us information about this event.

Rui Botelho

(Brazilian Space)