In that context the cattle slaughtering issue is a domestic affair of Indonesia. If the method of slaughtering is considered uncivilized Australia should have conveyed its concern in such a way that could not be categorized as interfering in the domeJakarta (ANTARA News) - An international law observer said the Australian government and the Australian Cattle Association had the potential of violating the Lombok Treaty signed by Indonesia and Australia in 2006 with their decision to suspend cattle exports to Indonesia.
Hikmahanto Juwono said here on Saturday the decision to suspend exports on the ground that Indonesian slaughterhouses were neglecting "animal welfare" was potentially violating the Agreement Between the Republic of Indonesia and Australia on the Framework for Security Cooperation or the Lombok Treaty.
A professor of international law at state University of Indonesia, Hikmahanto said Article 2 point 2 of the Lombok Treaty states that Australia and Indonesia will respect and support each other`s sovereignty, territorial integrity, national unity, each other`s political freedom and non-intervention into each other`s domestic affairs.
"In that context the cattle slaughtering issue is a domestic affair of Indonesia. If the method of slaughtering is considered uncivilized Australia should have conveyed its concern in such a way that could not be categorized as interfering in the domestic affairs of Indonesia," he said.
The suspension of cattle exports by Australia, he said, constituted a kind of pressure on Indonesia which is not based on the principles of mutual respect for each other`s sovereignty and non-intervention.***3***
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