Australia calls for immediate halt to Japanese whaling
Australia has called on ...the International Court of Justice to act quickly to halt what it calls the random hunting and gathering of Japan's ''scientific'' whaling.
In final arguments on Wednesday, Australian counsel attacked what it said were fatal legal flaws in the program, but finished by holding out an olive branch.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus contrasted his own sharp dismissal of the Japanese case on Tuesday by inviting Japan to join in a new era of collaborative, non-lethal whale research.
But before he did, leading Australian counsel moved to cut down the current program, known as JARPA II, before the ICJ in The Hague.
Read the full story at http://www.smh.com.au/
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Australia has called on ...the International Court of Justice to act quickly to halt what it calls the random hunting and gathering of Japan's ''scientific'' whaling.
In final arguments on Wednesday, Australian counsel attacked what it said were fatal legal flaws in the program, but finished by holding out an olive branch.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus contrasted his own sharp dismissal of the Japanese case on Tuesday by inviting Japan to join in a new era of collaborative, non-lethal whale research.
But before he did, leading Australian counsel moved to cut down the current program, known as JARPA II, before the ICJ in The Hague.
Read the full story at http://www.smh.com.au/
Image (c) GreenpeaceSee More
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