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MoonRiver

(36,926 posts) Mon Mar 31, 2014, 12:29 PM Mar 2014

U.N. COURT ORDERS JAPAN TO END WHALE HUNT!

Thank you, thank you, thank you U.N. Court!!

(CNN) -- The International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Japan can no longer continue its annual whale hunt, rejecting the country's argument that it was for scientific purposes.
"Japan shall revoke any extant authorization, permit or license granted in relation to JARPA II, and refrain from granting any further permits in pursuance of that program," the court said, referring to the research program.
The International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/31/world/asia/japan-whale-hunt/index.html?sr=sharebar_twitter

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U.N. COURT ORDERS JAPAN TO END WHALE HUNT! (Original Post) MoonRiver Mar 2014 OP

That's great news! It's about damn time. nt ladjf Mar 2014 #1

should go for shark fins also warrior1 Mar 2014 #2

It's all on the agenda! n/t MoonRiver Mar 2014 #3

There's a treaty protecting whales that Japan signed and ratified. Not so for sharks or dolphins. Xithras Mar 2014 #5

'U.N. Court Orders Japan to Halt Antarctic Whaling' Baclava Mar 2014 #4

ladjf

(17,320 posts)

1. That's great news! It's about damn time. nt

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 12:42 PM

Mar 2014

warrior1

(12,325 posts)

2. should go for shark fins also

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 12:45 PM

Mar 2014

needless killing.

as well as the countries that kill dolphins.

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

3. It's all on the agenda! n/t

Reply to warrior1 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 01:07 PM

Mar 2014

Xithras

(16,191 posts)

5. There's a treaty protecting whales that Japan signed and ratified. Not so for sharks or dolphins.

Reply to warrior1 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 01:30 PM

Mar 2014

The ICJ has jurisdiction in this case because Japan signed the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. There is no similar law for sharks, and Japan is has not signed or ratified the treaty on dolphins and isn't bound by it. There's little chance they will do so anytime soon.

Baclava

(12,047 posts)

4. 'U.N. Court Orders Japan to Halt Antarctic Whaling'

Reply to MoonRiver (Original post)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 01:17 PM

Mar 2014

The ruling is binding, and Japan cannot appeal. No immediate reaction from Japan was available, although it has said it would abide by any judgment in the case. But a Japanese delegate said in earlier hearings that Japan might consider withdrawing from the whaling commission, which oversees management of the world’s whale populations.

The court left open the possibility for future whale hunting if Japan redesigned its program. Tokyo has said that it needs data to monitor the impact of whales on its fishing industry and to monitor the whale population’s recovery from overfishing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/01/world/europe/united-nations-court-rules-against-japan-in-whaling-dispute.html?_r=0

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so they just go elsewhere to fill their blubber appetite?

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