Whaling arguments between Japan and Australia continue

Jul 16th, 2013 ?
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Bernadette Carreon ? Fourth Estate Cooperative Contributor

Tokyo, Japan (4E) ? Japan said that Australia has committed an affront to its national dignity as presentation of arguments continue over controversial whaling program at the international court of justice in The Hague.

According to Japanese media Australia has accused Japan of using scientific research , a loophole that allows them to conduct commercial whaling. Australia is asking the court to revoke the Japanese fleet?s whaling license.

Japan has killed more than 10,000 whales since the IWC ban went into force, although its fleet has returned to port with only a fraction of their intended catch in recent years, following confrontations with Sea Shepherd.

Akhavan said Japan had decided not to leave the IWC because it preferred to settle the whaling dispute peacefully and according to the rule of law.

The 16-judge ICJ panel is expected to issue a ruling later this year. When the hearings opened late last month, the Australian attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, said he was confident that the court would ban the hunts before the next hunting season begins at the end of the year.

Source: http://www.zeibiz.com/2013/07/whaling-arguments-between-japan-and-australia-continue/

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