The International Court of Justice has fixed time-limits or the filing of the initial pleadings in the case concerning Whaling in the Arctic (Australia v. Japan). Australia has until 9 May 2011 to file a Memorial and Japan will have until 9 March 2012 to file a Counter-Memorial. The history of the proceedings can be found in Press Release No. 2010/16 of 1 June 2010 at www.icj-cij.org.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
ICJ: Whaling in the Antarctic
Australia instituted proceedings before the ICJ on 1 June, 2010 alleging that:
“Japan's continued pursuit of a large scale programme of whaling under the 2nd Phase of its Japanese Whale Research Programme under Special Permit in the Antarctic (“JARPA”) [is] in breach of obligations assumed by Japan under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling (ICRW), as well as its other international obligations for the preservation of marine mammals and marine environment.”
See press release No. 2010/16 at www.icj-cij.org for more details.
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