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Posts published in June 2013

Australia’s whaling case against Japan begins in the International Court of Justice today

On 31 May 2010, Australia instituted proceedings against Japan, alleging that “Japan’s continued pursuit of a large-scale program of whaling under the Second Phase of its Japanese Whale Research Program under Special Permit in the Antarctic („JARPA II‟) is in breach of obligations assumed by Japan under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling („ICRW‟), as well as its other international obligations for the preservation of marine mammals and the marine environment”. At the end of its application, Australia requested the Court, inter alia, to order that Japan:  “ (a) cease implementation of JARPA II;    (b) revoke any…