VERDICT
of the INTERNATIONAL
COURT OF JUSTICE FOR ANIMAL RICHTS
in the
case of the massacre of arctic seals
versus
The
Canadian Government, represented by the Prime
Minister, Paul Martin; Geoff
Regan, Minister of Fisheries; Stéphane
Dion, Minister of the Environment;
accused of
- aiding and abetting and encouraging
the annual massacre of seals on the Canadian ice
fields,
- a massacre devoid of any
rational justification and condemned by the majority
of the Canadian people.
- major responsibility in the
torture and elimination of hundreds of thousands
of seals every year
- the plundering of a living
heritage which belongs to the whole world
- encouraging the violence and
killing frenzy of a small blood-thirsty minority
- complicity in the skinning
of thousands of seals while still alive
- violating
the Canadian Fisheries Law by tolerating the killing
of seals under 12 days old (Whitecoats and Bluebacks)
Based on today’s hearing
of witnesses and examination of the evidence, the
International Court of Justice for Animal Rights,
represented by 9 members of the jury and three
judges, hereby declares
The
Canadian Authorities guilty on all the above detailed
Counts.
In view of the testimonies heard
and the evidence submitted, the Court finds the
Canadian prime Minister, the Canadian Minister
of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Minister
of the Environment, guilty of promoting massacres
shocking not only by their excessiveness and enormous
waste of living creatures, but also by their cruelty
which pushes Canada out of socially accepted realms
by the fault of a sadistically orientated minority.
The Court appeals to the Canadian
Government to put an immediate stop to this immoral
and dishonourable hunt.
The Court appeals to the European
Union to implement an import ban on all products
stemming from the Canadian seal hunt.
The Court calls upon citizens
of all countries to boycott Canadian products of
any nature whatsoever and to avoid Canada as a
tourist venue for as long as the massacre of seals
is not prohibited.
The Court appeals to the Plenary-Assembly
of the United Nations that Article 3 of the General
Treaty on Human Rights which guarantees every human
being the ‘Right to Life, Freedom and Security’ be
complemented by an Article 3a: “Sentient
non-human beings have a right to life and wellfare.
No per-son has the right to kill these living beings
without a defendable reason, nor to harm them or
cause them pain or damage”.
Furthermore the Court has decided
to send a delegation of observers to the Canadian
ice fields at the end of February/beginning of
March 2006 for the purpose of examining the then
prevailing situation. In order to carry out this
essential visit, the Court requests of the Canadian
Government the lifting of the now existing ban
on information and observation.
The complete, substantiated verdict
will be sent to the convicted parties, to both
the Commission and the Parliament of the European
Union, to the European Council, to the UN and to
UNESCO.
Geneva, 5th December 2005
The International Court of Justice
for Animal Rights
Vera Weber
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