Environmental Protection in Antarctica: Applicability as the Achilles' Heel of the 1991 Protocol

Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on earth and hosts an extremely sensitive ecosystem. Currently, the protection of the Antarctic environment is addressed by the Antarctic Treaty System. In this context, the States parties to the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic...

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Main Author: Akerib, Pierre
Format: Report
Language:French
Published: Global Studies Institute 2021
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spelling ftunivgeneve:oai:unige.ch:aou:unige:149973 2023-10-01T03:52:00+02:00 Environmental Protection in Antarctica: Applicability as the Achilles' Heel of the 1991 Protocol Akerib, Pierre 2021 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:149973 fre fre Global Studies Institute https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:149973 unige:149973 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/320 Jurisdiction Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty Environment Tourism info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper Text Working paper 2021 ftunivgeneve 2023-09-07T08:02:22Z Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on earth and hosts an extremely sensitive ecosystem. Currently, the protection of the Antarctic environment is addressed by the Antarctic Treaty System. In this context, the States parties to the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty have committed themselves to ensure the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment. In order to assess whether this objective is legally achievable, the aim of this paper is to answer the following question: To whom does the Protocol apply and are there any groups of persons or types of activities to which it is systematically not applicable? We have found that although the Protocol's geographical and material scope of application are generally unproblematic, it cannot be systematically applied to the persons and vessels that have the nationality of States not parties to the Protocol. L'environnement antarctique et son écosystème sont extrêmement sensibles aux impacts humains. Actuellement, leur protection est assurée par le Système du Traité sur l'Antarctique. Dans ce contexte, les États parties au Protocole au Traité sur l'Antarctique relatif à la protection de l'environnement de 1991 se sont engagés à assurer la protection globale de l'environnement en Antarctique. Afin d'évaluer si cet objectif est légalement atteignable, ce travail répond à la question suivante : à qui s'applique le Protocole et y a-t-il des groupes de personnes ou des types d'activités auxquelles il est systématiquement inapplicable ? Nous avons déterminé que le champ d'application géographique et matériel du Protocole ne posait généralement pas problème. Toutefois, le Protocole ne peut être systématiquement appliqué aux personnes ainsi qu'aux navires ayant la nationalité d'États qui ne sont pas parties au Protocole. Report Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Antarctique* Université de Genève: Archive ouverte UNIGE Achilles Heel ENVELOPE(-63.596,-63.596,-64.500,-64.500) Antarctic The Antarctic
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description Antarctica is one of the last pristine places on earth and hosts an extremely sensitive ecosystem. Currently, the protection of the Antarctic environment is addressed by the Antarctic Treaty System. In this context, the States parties to the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty have committed themselves to ensure the comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment. In order to assess whether this objective is legally achievable, the aim of this paper is to answer the following question: To whom does the Protocol apply and are there any groups of persons or types of activities to which it is systematically not applicable? We have found that although the Protocol's geographical and material scope of application are generally unproblematic, it cannot be systematically applied to the persons and vessels that have the nationality of States not parties to the Protocol. L'environnement antarctique et son écosystème sont extrêmement sensibles aux impacts humains. Actuellement, leur protection est assurée par le Système du Traité sur l'Antarctique. Dans ce contexte, les États parties au Protocole au Traité sur l'Antarctique relatif à la protection de l'environnement de 1991 se sont engagés à assurer la protection globale de l'environnement en Antarctique. Afin d'évaluer si cet objectif est légalement atteignable, ce travail répond à la question suivante : à qui s'applique le Protocole et y a-t-il des groupes de personnes ou des types d'activités auxquelles il est systématiquement inapplicable ? Nous avons déterminé que le champ d'application géographique et matériel du Protocole ne posait généralement pas problème. Toutefois, le Protocole ne peut être systématiquement appliqué aux personnes ainsi qu'aux navires ayant la nationalité d'États qui ne sont pas parties au Protocole.
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