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Legal regime of Antarctica with a special focus on the protection of the environment and the position of the Czech Republic
Přech, Ondřej ; Ondřej, Jan (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to describe the legal regime of the Antarctic specifically in relation to the protection of its environment. The introductory chapters are devoted to brief description of the natural conditions of the Antarctic and the history of its exploration. In relation with the discovery voyages there are also mentioned the first territorial claims of the states and the legal foundations on which these claims were made. The author also deals with the basic legal document in relation to this continent, the Antarctic Treaty, mainly with its main principles as the demilitarization, prohibition of appropriation and the recognition of previous claims. Under the Antarctic Treaty several categories of the Parties to the Treaty can be distinguished which is an un-common situation. The existence of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting which is related to this situation is also being discussed. This Consultative Meeting further develops the principles of the Antarctic Treaty and issues Measures, Decisions and Resolutions. This thesis focuses on the analysis of the protection of the environment of the Antarctic. The topic has been divided into separate components of the environment and these are dealt with in individual chapters of the thesis where the steady development and the introduction...
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The legal regime of Antarctica and the protection of its environment
Ledl, Jakub ; Ondřej, Jan (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
The purpose of the diploma thesis is to describe and summarize the legal regime of Antarctica including its evolution, functioning and the protection of its environment. Chapter one of the thesis consists of the introduction with the Antarctic continent including the natural conditions, the history of the discovering, the competition between Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott to reach the South Pole and the territorial claims of seven states in the first half of the twentieth century. The second chapter deals with the fundamental document of the legal regime of Antarctica - The Antarctic Treaty. The Antarctic Treaty was signed in Washington on 1 December 1959 by the twelve countries whose scientists had been active in and around Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. The very important provisions of the Treaty contain international cooperation and prohibition of any measures of a military nature, such as the establishment of military bases and fortifications, carrying out of the military maneuvers, as well as testing of any type of weapons. Antarctica became international space which can not be appropriated by individual states. The third chapter deals with the Antarctic Treaty System and its analysis and summary. The Antarctic Treaty System regulates the international...
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Legal regime of Antarctica with a special focus on the protection of the environment and the position of the Czech Republic
Přech, Ondřej ; Ondřej, Jan (advisor) ; Balaš, Vladimír (referee)
The objective of the thesis is to describe the legal regime of the Antarctic specifically in relation to the protection of its environment. The introductory chapters are devoted to brief description of the natural conditions of the Antarctic and the history of its exploration. In relation with the discovery voyages there are also mentioned the first territorial claims of the states and the legal foundations on which these claims were made. The author also deals with the basic legal document in relation to this continent, the Antarctic Treaty, mainly with its main principles as the demilitarization, prohibition of appropriation and the recognition of previous claims. Under the Antarctic Treaty several categories of the Parties to the Treaty can be distinguished which is an un-common situation. The existence of the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting which is related to this situation is also being discussed. This Consultative Meeting further develops the principles of the Antarctic Treaty and issues Measures, Decisions and Resolutions. This thesis focuses on the analysis of the protection of the environment of the Antarctic. The topic has been divided into separate components of the environment and these are dealt with in individual chapters of the thesis where the steady development and the introduction...
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Development and functioning of the Antarctic Treaty System
Špotová, Jana ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Tůmová, Jana (referee)
The aim of this work is to evaluate effectiveness of operation of the Antarctic Treaty System and to identify main problems which have appeared during half-century of its existence. In the introductory part of this work I describe the history of formation of the Antarctic Treaty System with focus on development of territorial claims in relation to Antarctica. In another part, the attention is payed to key provisions of the Antarctic Treaty, which is the essential document of the whole system. I also describe two chosen bodies of the system and with the use of their example the principles of functioning of the whole system are illustrated. The last part deals with those controversial points of the system, which are relevant in the present day and which might be important in the future as well.
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