Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening) (I.C.J.)

On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its judgment in the case of Whaling in the Antarctic ( Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening ) ( Whaling Decision ). In what is perhaps its most important environmental decision to date, the ICJ ordered Japan to halt its whalin...

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Published in:International Legal Materials
Main Author: Peel, Jacqueline
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2015
Subjects:
General Medicine
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
The Antarctic
New Zealand
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.5305/intelegamate.54.1.0001
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0020782900001856
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Summary:On March 31, 2014, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its judgment in the case of Whaling in the Antarctic ( Australia v. Japan: New Zealand Intervening ) ( Whaling Decision ). In what is perhaps its most important environmental decision to date, the ICJ ordered Japan to halt its whaling program in the Southern Ocean, finding the program lacked scientific merit and breached requirements of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW).

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