The Sea Shepherd organisation are a group of anti whaling activists who take to the waters every whaling season pursuing Japanese whalers in an attempt to bring a halt to their 'illegal' whaling (done in the name of research according to the Japanese) where up to 1000 whales are slaughtered each season.
"The United Nations World Charter for Nature, section 21, empowers any nongovernmental organisation or individual to uphold international conservation law in areas beyond national jurisdiction and specifically on the high seas."
With much backing from the Australian people and the Sea Shepherd organisation the Australian and Japanese governments are being forced into diplomatic discussions surrounding the legalities of the Japanese whaling.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/19/australia-japan-whaling-lawsuit-theat
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I believe that the issue is very important but we should not make early judgements based only on information supplied by NGO's. Australia is unlikely to issue any lawsuits against Japan. The Australian pre-election activities can take any shape and will overlook sensitive issues as whaling too. And Japan is unlikely to back down as it protects national interests. The UN is struggling to stop countries like North Korea developing nuclear weaponry and we talking about few NGO's and sympathetic states telling Japan to stop whaling.
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