AFTER years of diplomatic wrangling and clashes in the Southern Ocean, the UN's top court is set to rule on the heated whaling dispute between Australia and Japan.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will deliver its binding judgment on March 31.
Canberra has asked the 16-judge panel to ban Japan's annual hunt on the basis it's not "for purposes of scientific research" as allowed under Article 8 of the 1946 whaling convention.
During a three-week hearing in the Netherlands in mid-2013, Australia - supported by New Zealand - argued Tokyo's program was actually a commercial operation in disguise.
However, Japan countered that the court didn't have the authority to decide what was, or wasn't, science.
Japan insisted lethal research was both lawful and necessary.
In announcing the March 31 judgment date on Tuesday, the ICJ stated: "It is recalled that the judgments of the court have binding force and are without appeal for the parties concerned."
The decision will come seven years after then opposition leader Kevin Rudd first pledged a future Labor government would take legal action against Tokyo.
Rudd was duly elected prime minister in November 2007 but it took another 18 months before Labor instituted proceedings in mid-2010.
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