The Consequences of the ICJ Decision in the Whaling Case for Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty System
This paper identifies parts of the International Court of Justice’s judgment in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) that might hold broader relevance beyond the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and explores what that might entail for the Anta...
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crbrillap:10.1163/2211-6427_008 2023-05-15T14:11:33+02:00 The Consequences of the ICJ Decision in the Whaling Case for Antarctica and the Antarctic Treaty System Johnson, Michael 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-6427_008 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/7/1/article-p168_8.xml https://data.brill.com/files/journals/22116427_007_01_s008_text.pdf unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 7, issue 1, page 168-187 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2015 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/2211-6427_008 2022-12-11T12:46:22Z This paper identifies parts of the International Court of Justice’s judgment in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) that might hold broader relevance beyond the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and explores what that might entail for the Antarctic Treaty System. There are four aspects explored. First, an analysis of the Court’s treatment of Japan’s challenge to jurisdiction that touched upon the relevance or otherwise of Antarctic sovereignty to the issues at hand in the case. Second, the Court’s drawing of important conclusions from the Whaling Convention’s status as an ‘evolving instrument’, in light of it having a treaty body with ongoing decision making responsibility will be discussed. Third, to what extent might the Court’s assessment of the concept of ‘science’ in a legal context find relevance in Antarctic obligations will be analysed. Finally, the success of the claim brought by Australia, and the manner in which the Court addressed the issues before it, and whether they bear any consequences for potential, future environmental cases, will be discussed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Antarctic The Antarctic New Zealand The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 7 1 168 187 |
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This paper identifies parts of the International Court of Justice’s judgment in Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening) that might hold broader relevance beyond the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, and explores what that might entail for the Antarctic Treaty System. There are four aspects explored. First, an analysis of the Court’s treatment of Japan’s challenge to jurisdiction that touched upon the relevance or otherwise of Antarctic sovereignty to the issues at hand in the case. Second, the Court’s drawing of important conclusions from the Whaling Convention’s status as an ‘evolving instrument’, in light of it having a treaty body with ongoing decision making responsibility will be discussed. Third, to what extent might the Court’s assessment of the concept of ‘science’ in a legal context find relevance in Antarctic obligations will be analysed. Finally, the success of the claim brought by Australia, and the manner in which the Court addressed the issues before it, and whether they bear any consequences for potential, future environmental cases, will be discussed. |
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