| Summary: | This Article seeks to identify the relevant rules which govern the exercise of jurisdiction in Antarctica in the context of the implementation of the 1991 Madrid Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (the Protocol) and its Annexes, regarding tourist activities. In particular, it will determine whether the way the Protocol was implemented ensures a “comprehensive protection” of the Antarctic as provided for by Article 2 of the Protocol. In this perspective, after an introduction (Part I), it will examine issues relating to the implementation of the Protocol and the exercise of jurisdiction in Antarctica (Part II). Then, it will examine how Belgium, the United Kingdom and France have implemented the provisions of the Protocol (Part III).
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