Whaling in the Southern Ocean: A Reply to Nelissen and van der Velde
Introduction
On 31 May 2010, Australia filed an application instituting proceedings at the International Court of Justice in relation to the “dispute concerning Japan’s JARPA II program of scientific whaling”.1 Prof. Dr. Frans A. Nelissen and Steffen van der Velde have provided a commentary dated 5 July 2010 entitled “Australia Attempts to Harpoon Japanese Whaling Program” on the Hague Justice Portal.2 In providing their commentary, Nelissen and van der Velde carry over the anti-whaling bias and errors from the Australian application to which they add their own.