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Australia Wins Whaling Case Against Japan
The UN's top court has ruled that Japan's whaling hunt in the
Southern Ocean is not a scientific program as Tokyo has always claimed.
"The court concludes that the special permits granted by Japan for
the killing, taking and treating of whales in connection with JARPA II
are not for purposes of scientific research," President Peter Tomka told
the International Court of Justice in The Hague on Monday.
The court ruled Tokyo should cease its whaling program "with immediate effect".
The ICJ, by 12 votes to four, said Japan hadn't acted in compliance
with its obligations under the international whaling convention.
Australia had asked the 16-judge panel to ban Japan's annual hunt on
the basis it was not "for purposes of scientific research" as allowed
under Article 8 of the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation
of Whaling.
Canberra argued Tokyo was cloaking a commercial whaling operation "in
the lab coat of science" despite agreeing to a 1980s ban on harpooning.
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/storystream/australia-wins-whaling-case-against-japan
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Brett Mason
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Japan "regrets and is deeply disappointed"
by the ICJ's decision "but as a state that respects international law we
will abide by ruling"
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