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Chris Johnson
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Space Lawyer at the Secure World Foundation, Professor of Space Law at Georgetown Law
I'll be speaking about the re-entry of space debris at the upcoming UNOOSA conference 'Operationalising Space Sustainability: Legal and Regulatory Approaches Across the Lifecycle of Space Debris', November 19–20 at the United Nations Office at Vienna

Website at: www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I’ll be moderating this discussion at
@swfoundation.bsky.social
#SWFSummit25 next week in Paris on advancing technologies & business models for achieving economically viable #SpaceSustainability🛰️

🚀There's still time to join us in person or online: swfsummit.xn--org-e292bzb
October 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Some quotes from me in this article from the Wall Street Journal / Building Nuclear Power in the U.S. Is Tough. NASA Wants to Do It on the Moon. www.wsj.com/science/spac...?
September 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My book chapter 'What Future Does Space Liability Law Have?' now published in 'The Coming Collision of Commercial and Military Space' by the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC)🕊️Details & free PDF download at npolicy.org/the-coming-c...
September 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
My article on #SpaceLaw at seven decades in the newly published special issue of Air & Space Law kluwerlawonline.com/journalIssue...
September 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Application from Zimbabwe to join #COPUOS🇺🇳
www.unoosa.org/oosa/oosadoc... 🛰️#UNGA #SpacePolicy #SpaceLaw⚖️
May 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Today I delivered the @swfoundation.bsky.social statement at the #COPUOS Legal Subcommittee, under agenda #4. Information on the Activities of International Intergovernmental & Non-governmental Organizations Relating to #SpaceLaw
➡️ Statement at bit.ly/4m2WS4z 🛰️
May 5, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Growth of Committee membership and universalisation of the five United Nations treaties on space law ➡️ bit.ly/44WNOYR 🛰️ A/AC.105/C.2/2025/CRP.18 #COPUOS 🇺🇳 #SpaceLaw ⚖️ #SpacePolicy 🚀 #UNGA
May 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Looking forward to speaking about🚀#SpaceLaw 🇺🇳 at this event next Wednesday here in DC.
Register at: bit.ly/4hqVhCi
🛰️#SpaceLaw #SpacePolicy
@jhuapl.bsky.social @swfoundation.bsky.social
March 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Today I presented on how international space law protects science on the Moon at the AAAS Annual Meeting "Shaping Science Tomorrow", going over existing protections (and emergent themes from these protections) which we find in the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, and related sources of law.
February 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Today I presented at the ICG-IOAG Cislunar PNT Workshop, held at the UN in Vienna, and hosted by the ICG and UNOSA. My slide at: bit.ly/Moon-PNT-Law
Workshop website at: www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...
February 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
both #Djibouti & #Latvia join #COPUOS this year, bringing the total members of COPUOS to 104 Member States.
www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw...
February 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On this day 58 years ago, the Outer Space Treaty was opened for signature in Moscow, London & Washington 🇺🇳
Happy 58th Anniversary, Outer Space Treaty! 🚀
When I teach the Outer Space Treaty, I also show this newsreel from British Pathé from the signing ceremony in London youtu.be/ncphbeoPJ8I?...
January 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM