Last week felt special. A profound sense of vindication was in the air. The seventh anniversary of the Philippines’ historic arbitration award, hosted by the ADR-Stratbase Institute at the Manila Polo Club, was both festive and triumphant. Dignitaries from all major allies and partners were in attendance. And so were leading policymakers, experts, and advocates […]
China’s lack of will to accept the same rules it expects others to follow in the South China Sea should worry everyone who supports the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) and the law of the seas. TODAY is the seventh anniversary of the Unclos award to the Philippines establishing its […]
MANILA, Philippines — The European Union delegation in the Philipines and 16 of the 27 EU member countries issued a joint statement on Tuesday reaffirming their support for the 2016 ruling of the Permanent Court of Arbitration recognizing the Philippines’ rights over the West Philippine Sea. The ruling — which marks its seventh anniversary on […]
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, July 13) — The Philippines needs to campaign hard for support from member states before bringing China’s refusal to recognize the 2016 arbitral award to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said Wednesday. “The UN General Assembly is a seat of world opinion […]
As long as China does not respect the EEZs of the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia in the South China Sea, China will never be a true friend of these countries’ Retired Justice Antonio Carpio delivered these remarks at a forum convened by the Stratbase ADR Institute to mark the seventh anniversary of the […]
The European Union reiterated the fundamental importance of upholding the freedoms, rights and duties established in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, in particular the freedoms of navigation and overflight. On the seventh anniversary of the international arbitral ruling in The Hague invalidating China’s claim over almost the entire South China […]
Today marks the seventh anniversary of an Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention firmly rejecting the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) expansive South China Sea maritime claims, including any PRC claim to the area determined by the Arbitral Tribunal to be part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone and continental […]
When the Philippines initiated arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague in January 2013 against China’s expansive claims and assertions about its supposed “historic rights” over the South China Sea on the basis of its so-called “nine-dash line,” many – including the United States based on the information we received – […]
Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Carlos Sorreta wrongly stated that the Supreme Court (SC) upheld a “literal description” of the national territory in its decision to declare the Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) unconstitutional. The JMSU is a 2005 exploration agreement among the Philippine National Oil Company (PNOC), Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PETROVIETNAM), and China National […]
MANILA, Philippines — The world’s seven most powerful democracies back the Philippines’ claims in the South China Sea as they opposed Beijing’s expansive maritime claims and strongly opposed its militarization in the region. The Group of Seven (G7) — comprising Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — plus the […]