Class Year
2007
Document Type
Feature
Publication Date
Fall 2006
Abstract
In June, the International Whaling Commission (“IWC”) held its 58th Annual Meeting in St. Kitts and Nevis and, for the first time since its inception in 1946, declared that it intends to reintroduce “controlled and sustainable” whaling of certain whale species.The 33-32 vote is purely declaratory and does not effect a change in the IWC’s ban on whaling, which would take a 75 percent vote to overturn. However, organizations across the globe call the vote an indication of a dramatic policy shift demonstrating an “abdication of responsibility by the global community” and a sign of IWC evolution from a conservational force to a “whaling club.”
Recommended Citation
Kennedy, Athena and Jon Feldon. “International Whaling Commission Indicates Potential Reversal of Policy.” Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Fall 2006, 13.