Institute of Cetacean Research and Others v. Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Others

• Published in: International Law Reports
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107416024.014; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0309067100006274

718 Sea — Piracy — Definition — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 1982, Article 101 — Geneva Convention on the High Seas, 1958, Article 15 — International Maritime Organization’s International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 — Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, 1988 — Use of violence for private ends a requirement of piracy — Meaning — Whether private ends confined to financial gain — Whether violence confined to attacks against people — Environmentalist protests against whaling — Disruption of whaling fleet Comity — Respect for judgments of foreign courts — Injunction granted by Australian court regarding whaling in the Antarctic — Whether comity requiring United States court to support injunction — United States not recognizing Australian claims in Antarctic Territory — Antarctic — Australian claim to maritime territory in Antarctic — Australian Whaling Sanctuary in Antarctic — Claims not recognized by United States — The law of the United States