1. International Air Law Documents
(McGill University, Institute of Air and Space Law)
http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/research/treaties/air_law/
This site provides texts of major conventions dealing with international aviation and space law in PDF format.
2. International Air Transport Association (IATA)
http://www.iata.org/
According to the website, IATA is "the trade association of the world's international airline industry. Originally founded in 1919, it now groups together nearly 270 airlines, including the world's largest. These airlines fly over 95 percent of all scheduled international airline traffic."
IATA's site includes PDF versions of selected publications, their Annual Report, and press releases..
3. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
http://www.icao.int/
According to their website, "A fifty-year long history of ICAO started on 7 December 1944 in Chicago, with the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation by 52 States. Pending ratification of the Convention by 26 States, the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) was established. It functioned from 6 June 1945 until 4 April 1947. By 5 March 1947 the 26th ratification was received. ICAO came into being on 4 April 1947. In October of the same year, ICAO became a specialized agency of the United Nations linked to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)."
Their site provides access the 5 volumes of the ICAO Journal, ICAO Update, press releases and other documents of the organization.
1. European Center for Space Law
(European Space Agency)
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ECSL
The European Center for Space Law was founded in 1989 on the initiative of the European Space Agency (ESA) and aims at improving space law research, education and practice in Europe.
THE ECSL's site provides access to ECSL News: the Bulletin of the European Centre for Space Law, their Annual Reports, and selected publications of the Center.
2. International Space Law Documents
(McGill University)
http://www.mcgill.ca/iasl/research/treaties/space_law/
This site provides PDF versions of major international instruments dealing with air and space law.
3. Office for Outer Space Affairs
(United Nations)
http://www.unoosa.org/oosa/index.html
According to the site, ‘the Office for Outer Space Affairs implements the decisions of the General Assembly and of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. The office has the dual objective of supporting the intergovernmental discussions in the Committee and its Scientific and Technical Subcommittee and Legal Subcommittee, and of assisting developing countries in using space technology for development."
Their site provides documents from the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and the U.N. Programme on Space Applications. It also includes HTML versions of General Assembly Resolutions and international treaties pertaining to the peaceful uses of outer space.
Last updated 7/18/07