Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Neutral Zones<br/>
Date: Apr 05, 2003 @ 16:09<br/>
Author: Kevin Meynell (Kevin Meynell &lt;kevin@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1839029499"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt;I also always wondered about law in such places. Who has legal<br/>
&gt;jurisdiction? in Antractica, in ESMO, in...?<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>The situation in Antarctica would appear to be complicated. The seven <br/>
nations claiming territory on the continent would seem to apply their own <br/>
national law within their claims, but several of these areas overlap, and <br/>
none are recognised by any other country. The Antarctic Treaty (signed by <br/>
45 nations) also establishes a legal structure within the continent, but I <br/>
think this only makes the provision for crimes to be prosecuted by an <br/>
offender&#39;s own country. If a national of a non-signatory country were to <br/>
commit a crime in Antarctica, could they still be prosecuted?<br/>
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Regards,<br/>
<br/>
Kevin Meynell</div>