{"id":4739,"date":"2025-03-12T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=4739"},"modified":"2025-03-17T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T12:36:31","slug":"military-activities-in-space-and-future-legal-directions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2025\/03\/12\/military-activities-in-space-and-future-legal-directions\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Activities in Space and Future Legal Directions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the eve of the UK launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup.com%2Facademic%2Fproduct%2Fthe-woomera-manual-on-the-international-law-of-military-space-operations-9780192870667%3Fcc%3Dgb%26lang%3Den%26&amp;data=05%7C02%7CS.Miller%40exeter.ac.uk%7C85b3092cd58e4ed4136908dd614da5af%7C912a5d77fb984eeeaf321334d8f04a53%7C0%7C0%7C638773708288271349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Tt8ZddJR%2Bbf4pr6RMOYj%2FLXDYkBncgRb80%2B4Jwg8X0Q%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Woomera Manual on the International Law of Military Space Activities<\/a>, we had the privilege of welcoming Professor Dale Stephens (University of Adelaide) for an insightful talk on the future legal directions in this area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" data-id=\"4741\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_slide-backdrop-stage-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_slide-backdrop-stage-3.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_slide-backdrop-stage-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_slide-backdrop-stage-3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" data-id=\"4743\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_Chris-O-Meara-Woomera-stage-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_Chris-O-Meara-Woomera-stage-4.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_Chris-O-Meara-Woomera-stage-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-_Chris-O-Meara-Woomera-stage-4-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"698\" data-id=\"4745\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-Woomera-stage-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-Woomera-stage-2.jpg 930w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-Woomera-stage-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/03\/Prof-Dale-Stephens-Woomera-stage-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Expertly chaired by<a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/35668-chris-omeara\"> Dr. Chris O\u2019Meara,<\/a> the session took place before a packed lecture room, highlighting the growing interest in the legal challenges of military operations in space. Many thanks to all who attended and contributed to the discussion! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If this is an area of law which interests you, you can find out more at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/centres\/ecil\/\">Exeter Centre for International Law\u00a0.<\/a> We also offer an interesting variety of postgraduate programmes including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/study\/postgraduate\/courses\/law\/law-technology\/\">Master of Laws LLM in Law and Technology.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A talk by Professor Dale Stephens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":4747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[85,15,645,95,193],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Military Activities in Space and Future Legal Directions - 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