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Report of the Secretariat on Introduction from the Sea of Sei Whales (Balaenoptera Borealis) by Japan (CITES)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2019

Donald R. Rothwell
Donald R. Rothwell*
Affiliation:
Professor of International Law, ANU College of Law, Australian National University.
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On August 24, 2018, the secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) released its report and recommendations on its review of the introduction from the sea of sei whales (Balaenoptera Borealis) by Japan. The report was prepared by the secretariat under CITES Article XIII for consideration at the 70th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee, which met in Sochi, Russian Federation, from October 1 to 5, 2018.

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International Legal Documents
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International Legal Materials , Volume 58 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 414 - 438
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Copyright © 2019 by The American Society of International Law 

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ENDNOTES

1 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, Mar. 3, 1973, 993 UNTS 243 [hereinafter CITES].

2 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Report of the Secretariat on Introduction from the Sea of Sei Whales (Balaenoptera Borealis) by Japan (SC70 Doc. 27.3.4) [hereinafter Secretariat Report].

3 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, Dec. 2, 1946, 161 UNTS 72.

4 Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan: New Zealand intervening), Judgment, 2014 ICJ Rep. 226 (Mar. 31).

5 Secretariat Report, supra note 2, ¶ 4.

6 Id. ¶ 6.

7 Id. ¶ 7.

8 CITES, supra note 1, art. 1(c), (e).

9 Id. art. III (5) (c).

10 CITES, Conf. 5.10 (Rev. CoP15) Definition of “Primarily Commercial Purposes,” www.cites.org/sites/default/files/document/E-Res-05-10-R15.pdf.

11 Secretariat Report, supra note 2, ¶ 29.

12 Id. ¶ 43.

13 Id. ¶ 78.

14 Id. ¶ 77.

15 Id. ¶¶ 79–80.

16 CITES, Conf. 11.4 (Rev. CoP12) Conservation of Cetaceans, Trade in Cetacean Specimens and the Relationship with the International Whaling Commission, www.cites.org/sites/default/files/document/E-Res-11-04-R12.pdf.

17 Secretariat Report, supra note 2, ¶¶ 74–75.

18 CITES, Seventieth Meeting of the Standing Committee, Rosa Khutor, Sochi (Russian Federation), SUMMARY RECORD (Draft) ¶ 27.3.4 (Oct. 1–5, 2018), cites.org/sites/default/files/eng/com/sc/70/exsum/E-SC70-SR-draft.pdf.

19 Id. Annex 1.

20 Id. ¶ 27.3.4.

21 Id.

22 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Statement by Chief Cabinet Secretary (Dec. 26, 2018), www.mofa.go.jp/ecm/fsh/page4e_000969.html.