Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary The Indian Ocean Whale Sanctuary is an area in the Indian Ocean where the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has banned all types of commercial whaling. The IWC has at present designated two such sanctuaries, the other being the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. Repeated proposals at the IWC for a South Atlantic Sanctuary and a South Pacific Sanctuary have never reached the 75% majority needed to pass. The Indian Ocean Sanctuary was established by the IWC in 1979 after being proposed by the tiny island nation of the Seychelles, in its first meeting as an IWC member,
Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory is not permitted under the domestic law of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), in line with the position of all other British overseas territories. However, under the terms of a 1966 international agreement, most residents of the BIOT are members of the United States military and are correspondingly subject to United States military law for criminal acts, for which capital punishment can be applied under the legal jurisdiction of the United States. For those people who are subject to BIOT criminal law, which