Prof. Dr Elisabeth Back Impallomeni - International Institute of Space

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Back Impallomeni
Personal Data
Elisabeth Back Impallomeni
Via del Vescovado 24
35141 Padua, Italy
Tel. ++39.49.658 147 Fax: ++39.49.663 931
University of Padua, Italy
Dipartimento di Studi Internazionali
Via del Santo 77
35123 Padua, Italy
Tel. ++39.49.827 8354
Fax: ++39.49,827 8355
Education
Law Degree, University of Vienna, Austria (Doctor iuris)
Law Degree, University of Padua, Italy (Laurea in giurisprudenza)
Studies in Economics, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Fulbright Scholar, Post Graduate Studies, Government Department, Smith College, Northampton, Mass,
USA
Rockefeller Foundation, Grantee
Internship, United Nations, Secretariat- General, New York,( Legal Department, Treaty Section)
Austrian Government Grantee, Research in International Administrative Law, Faculté de droit, Université
Paris I, Conseil d ’Etat )
Grantee, Academy of International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands
Judicial Training in Austrian Law Courts (Gerichtsjahr)
Research Fellow, International Legal Studies, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass. USA
Profession
AUSTRIA
Admission Examination, Austrian Foreign Service
Legal Counsellor, Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs
Liaison Officer to International Organizations , ILO, Geneva and Council of Europe , Strasbourg
ITALY
Teaching Fellow, International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Padua, Professor, International Law and
Organization,, University of Padua ,University of Verona, Italy
Lawyer
Member, Bar Examination Commission, Court of Appeals, Venice, Italy
Membro Commissione Dottorato di Ricerca in Diritto Internazionale pubblico e privato, diritto comunitario,
Università di Padova, Italia
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (C.N.R.) Research Project on Lump Sum Agreements
EUROPE
Visiting Professor at several European Universities
Judge in the Telders Moot Court Competition, The Hague, The Netherlands
Judge in the Manfred Lachs Moot Court Competition
Lecturer in the ECSL Summer Course on Space Law and Policy
Member Promotion Commission, Ph.D. in International Law, Faculty of Law, Leiden University
Languages
German (mother tongue)
English
French
Italian
Activities in International Organizations
Member, International Law Association (ILA), Space Law Commission
Member, International Institute of Space Law (IISL), Board of Directors
Member, Board European Centre for Space Law (ECSL)
Full Member, International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)
Member, IAA Board of Trustees, Section 4, Social Sciences
Member, European Society of International Law (ESIL)
Member, Società Italiana di Diritto Internazionale (SIDI)
Member, American Society of International Law (ASIL)
Mitglied, Oesterreichischer Voelkerrechtstag (OeVRT) Austrian Society of International Law
Space Law Publications
Spazio cosmico e corpi celesti nell’ordinamento internazionale, CEDAM ,Padova, 1983, pp.X+228;
I riflessi del Nuovo Ordine Economico Internazionale sul processo evolutivo del diritto spaziale, in Aspetti e
problemi del Nuovo Ordine Economico Internazionale, CEDAM, Padova, 1987;
Spazio aereo e spazio extra-atmosferico, in Enciclopedia del diritto, vol. XLIII, 1992;
Sfruttamento delle risorse della Luna e patrimonio comune dell’umanità, in Diritto dello Spazio, CEDAM,
Padova, 1994;
Telerilevamento, in Enciclopedia del diritto, Vol. I, aggiornamento, 1997;
The Legal Regime of the Geostationary Orbit, in Proceedings of the Third ESA/ECSL Colloquium in
International Organisations and Space Law, Perugia, Italy 1999;
The Sources of Space Law , ECSL Summer Course in Space Law and Policy, Nizza, France 2001;
The Legal Regime of Remote Sensing, ECSL Summer Course, La Rochelle, France, 2002;
La protection juridique à travers les accords et les contrats, des informations et donnés scientifiques,
In Actes du Colloque International, La télé-detection via satellites au service du développement:
considerations juridiques, ECSL et le Centre Royale de Télé-detection Spatiale (CRTS), Tunis, 2002;
UN Treaties and Basic Principles of Space Law, ECSL Summer Course, Louvain, Belgium, 2003;
The Sources of Space Law, ECSL Summer Course, Graz, Austria 2004;
Introduction to a New Branch of International Law, ECSL Summer Course, Perugia (Terni), Italy 2005;
Le concept et les sources du droit international de l’espace, Actes du Deuxième Séminaire, ECSL et
CRTS, Rabat, Maroc, 2006;
The International, National and Regional Space Institutions, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 2006;
The Necessities for the Development of National Space Law in Europe, Challenges for Small Countries,
University of Graz, Austria, 2006;
The Framework Agreement between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU)
Promoting Regional Cooperation in Outer Space. in Proceedings of the Second Asian Conference on
Cooperation in Outer Space, Bangkok, Thailand, 2007;
Consultation under Article X and XI Outer Space Treaty (OST), ECSL Summer Course, Noordwijk, The
Netherlands, 2007;
The Principle of Peaceful Uses of Outer Space – Still Applicable ? ECSL Summer Course, Genoa, Italy,
2008;
International and Regional Cooperation in Space Activities, ECSL Summer Course, Lisbon, Portugal 2009.