RUDN University hosted a Conference on International Space Law dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Gennady Zhukov

Gennady Petrovich Zhukov is a Doctor of Law, Honored Lawyer of Russia, Honorary Director of the International Institute of Space Law (Paris), Academician of the International Academy of Astronautics (Stockholm) and the Academy of Problems of Diplomatic Sciences and International Relations (Russia), as well as a Veteran of the Great Patriotic War. At RUDN University, Gennady Petrovich taught at the Department of International Law for more than 30 years, and was one of the founders of the scientific school of international space law.

Students of Gennady Zhukov at the conference shared their memories of the teacher and his scientific activities:

I was very lucky in my life to meet and defend my dissertation under the supervision of Gennady Petrovich, and most importantly, to get to know him: he was a man and scientist of unprecedented magnitude.
Olga Volynskaya, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor at Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia

What an honor for the author of these few lines, who was and remains a student of Professor Gennady Petrovich Zhukov, to talk about my path, which he helped shape. Like many students of the Department of International Law at the Peoples' Friendship University, I met Professor Zhukov only after completing my master's degree. I discovered two dimensions in this extraordinary man: a teacher and a master, the father of a family.
Adama Yeo, Candidate of Legal Sciences, Member of the High Council for Good Governance under the President of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire

The conference discussed the state of international space law. The reports analyzed the activities of the Legal Subcommittee of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space over the past 60 years, assessed the trajectory of Russian-Brazilian cooperation within the framework of international space law, reviewed space objects as cultural heritage in space, and discussed the concept of the common heritage of humanity in international space law and much more.

Presentations were made by representatives of the Belarusian State University, the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Leuphana University in Lüneburg, the University of Hong Kong, the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Buenos Aires, Lund University, as well as institutions of the Russian Academy system Sciences - Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Institute of Physics of the Earth named after. O.Yu. Schmidt RAS.