[en] The international legal framework applicable to the liability and compensation of damage caused by a nuclear incident has been considerably modified by the adoption, in 1997, of a Protocol amending the 1963 Vienna Convention and, in parallel, the adoption of a Convention on the Supplementary Compensation of Nuclear Damage. In 2003, the 1960 Paris Convention and the 1963 Brussels Convention Supplementary to the Paris Convention [were revised] with a view to substantially upgrading the protection of potential victims of nuclear damage. Although the main objective of this exercise of modernisation was to better cope with the consequences of serious nuclear incidents in land-based installations, it also had the effect of making significant changes to the liability regime applicable to the carriage of nuclear material, both domestic and international. Such changes concern in particular the right to indemnification of victims located in non-Contracting States, the limits of liability of the nuclear operator, including that for transport operations, the insurance arrangements for such operations and the determination of the competent courts, notably those of coastal states affected by an incident during maritime transport. (author)