After a 'win for whales' at the IWC, government is urged to do more but refuses to send ship to monitor Japan's actionsThe environment minister, Melissa Price, has not ruled out taking legal action to challenge Japan's so-called "scientific" whaling hunts.An international law expert says prospects for a legal case against Japan's whaling program, which is carried out under an International Whaling Commission clause that allows for scientific whaling, have strengthened after the recent IWC meeting in Brazil, and would get even stronger if Japan followed through on its threat to leave the commission. Continue reading...
Australia could launch legal challenge to Japan's 'scientific' whaling hunts
21. září 2018 5:30
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Zdroj: The Guardian