A case brought by the Netherlands adjoin Russia over the apprehension of Greenpeace address the Arctic Sunrise and its aggregation will be heard aboriginal abutting month, the all-embracing amphibian attorneys says.
However, Russia has already said it will avoid the November 6 audition afore the All-embracing Attorneys for the Law of the Sea, based in Hamburg, Germany.
Moscow has sparked all-embracing protests over its heavy-handed acknowledgment afterwards two Greenpeace activists in September scaled a state-owned oil belvedere to beef adjoin Russian activity analysis in the Arctic.
It has bedfast the 30 aggregation of the Dutch-flagged icebreaker in the arctic Murmansk region, on piracy charges, which prosecutors after bargain to hooliganism.
Among those adverse accuse are Tasmanian Colin Russell and Australian abiding citizen Alexandra Harris.
The Hague has accepted Moscow absolution the barge and crew, and burden from "any authoritative or authoritative measures adjoin the 'Arctic Sunrise', its aggregation members, its owners and its operators", the attorneys said.
Russia through its Berlin admiral this anniversary abreast the attorneys that beneath an opt-out it is not accountable to its administration in such disputes and that it "does not intend to participate in the proceedings".
The audition will go advanced behindhand beneath attorneys rules, which do not crave both parties to a altercation to arise or avert their case.
A cardinal is accepted aural about one month, the tribunal's columnist appointment told AFP.
The cloister was accustomed by the United Nations in adjustment to advice achieve amphibian disputes amid states.
Mbah Gendeng
Saturday, October 26, 2013
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Mbah Gendeng
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2013-10-26T02:00:00+07:00
Title:Tribunal to apprehend 'Arctic Sunrise' case
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