I’m sure that this smashing application by Australia to the ICJ is the proximate reason for the Japanese Prime Minister’s sudden resignation today. Behold the power of the World Court litigation! OK, I’m violating my late-night blogging rule (see earlier posts for my dumb brain cramps when I blog at midnight) and getting a little punchy. But it is a weird coincidence, isn’t it?

Although the full Australia application is not online yet, the argument looks like it tracks the expected claims under the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling with secondary arguments under CITES and the U.N. Convention on Biodiversity. More details later when the full application is put up online. Will the new Japanese Government be willing to make a deal?

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• May 29, 2010 -- Whale Wars Are Now “The Whale Cases”: Australia Announces ICJ action Against Japan (Corrected)
• April 30, 2010 -- Whale Wars Are Back: Australia Ready to Launch ICJ Case
• April 14, 2010 -- Whale Wars May Finally End? The U.S. Tries to Make a Deal
• March 18, 2010 -- CITES Parties Reject Bluefin Tuna and Polar Bear Trade Ban
• March 4, 2010 -- Whale Wars: Is the Threatened Australia ICJ Lawsuit Just Politics?
• April 25, 2010 -- Can Japan Declare Victory in the Whale Wars?
• April 2, 2010 -- Will the International Whaling Commission Survive the Australia-Japan Showdown?
• March 16, 2010 -- Bluefin Tuna, Polar Bears, and Elephants at the Parties Meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species