Posts Tagged ‘Legislation’
Ban on promoting whale and dolphin captive cruelty missing from Queen’s speech
The Queen’s Speech, delivered at Westminster today in the Queen’s absence by Prince Charles, was noteworthy for another absence. The speech sets out the laws the government wants to pass in coming months and should have featured a long awaited Animals Abroad Bill that included a ban on travel companies advertising venues to UK tourists…
Read MoreConference – Whaling in the Antarctic' before the ICJ
In 2010 Australian commenced proceedings against Japan in the International Court of Justice with respect to Japan’s conduct of its JARPAII whaling program in the Southern Ocean. The case will commence its oral phase on 26 June 2013 with three weeks of hearings before the Court. This conference at the Australian National Univeristy seeks to…
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