bust Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 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. Japan, however, countered during a three-week hearing in mid-2013 that the ICJ didn't have the authority to decide what was, or wasn't, science. It insisted lethal research was both lawful and necessary. But the court on Monday dismissed Tokyo's argument. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Ditto. Now, if we can get Sea-Shepherd to pursue those nasty Viets who beat their dogs for hours before they eat them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Would have been better to see a few billion Euros for a penalty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I am more impressed that Japan said they would abide by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Like they said in the 1980s and then went on to do what they wanted to do! very unimpressed!! Remember, the Japanese "yes" only means, "yes, I heard the question"...not a "yes" that they agree to the requirements!!! AN old trick used by the Japanese in the USA when negotiating contracts and what not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Like they said in the 1980s and then went on to do what they wanted to do! very unimpressed!! interesting. source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Errrr...please read the above article supplied by Bust... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCorinthian Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Errrr...please read the above article supplied by Bust... Ah, ok. I thought they used something else to get around the harpoon agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 One thing in defense of the Japanese whale hunting, they use all the whale, nothing goes to waste. As one Japanese told me when I asked why they ate whale...she said, "...we didn't have so much beef, like in the USA...". OK, fair enough. I had tried whale sashimi, didn't like it, so it is easy for me to say, stop hunting whales as I have no intention of eating them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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