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Media Invitation: The slaughter of whales and dolphins practiced by Japan, Norway, Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands before the International Court of Justice for Animal Rights

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- Indication: PDF-File incl. invitation can be downloaded free 
     of charge under:  
     http://www.presseportal.ch/de/pm/100019151/?langid=2 -
Monday, 22 February 2010, 9 am - 4 pm
Centre International de Conférences de Genève CICG, Geneva
Despite the worldwide moratorium on whale hunting put into place 
by the International Whaling Commission (IWC), effective since 1986, 
over 2'000 great whales are being killed every year as well as tens 
of thousands small whales and dolphins. The Public court case builds 
on latest aspects and information and on evidence not usually 
available.
Accused: Ministers of Fisheries of incriminated nations: Mr 
Hirotaka Akamatsu, Japan, Ms Lisbeth Berg-Hansen, Norway, Mr. Jón 
Bjarnason, Iceland, Ms Ane Hansen, Greenland, Mr Jacob Vestergaard, 
Faroe Islands.
Plaintiffs:
Sylvia Frey, dipl. sc. nat. ETH, OceanCare (CH), (influence of 
whale hunting)
Dr Sandra Altherr, Pro Wildlife (DE) (high toxicity of whale and 
dolphin meat for humane consumption)
Peter Mollerup, Dyrenes Venner (DK) (animal welfare issues)
Sakae Hemmy, ELSA Nature Conservancy, Japan (cruel dolphin drive 
hunting, Japan)
Main eye witness: Ric O'Barry (USA), Marine Mammal Specialist for 
Earth Island Institute and protagonist of the film "The Cove", 
nominated for the OSCAR.
Experts: Dr Philippe Roch (CH), former Swiss Secretary of State 
for the Environment, Dr Andrew Butterworth (UK) vetenarian.
Live from Taiji in Japan, place of dolphin slaughter, Hans Peter 
Roth (CH), author of the book "Die Bucht" (The Cove).
President of the Court: Swiss environmentalist Franz Weber. 
Prosecution: Barrister Caroline Lanty (FR)
Start 9.00 a.m. Verdict 3.30 p.m.

Contact:

Vera Weber
FONDATION FRANZ WEBER
International Court of Justice for Animal Rights
1820 Montreux
Switzerland
Tel.: +41/21/964'37'37
Fax: +41/21/964'57'36
E-Mail: ffw@ffw.ch
Internet: www.ffw.ch