Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio gave a lecture on the West Philippine Sea on Friday, June 6, at the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall. Entitled “Historical Facts, Historical Lies, and Historical Rights in the West Philippine Sea,” the lecture centered in on Carpio’s scholarly research regarding China’s historical basis of sovereignty over disputed […]
International law trumps China’s claims, Carpio says MANILA (UPDATED) – China’s invasion and occupation of Mischief Reef in 1995 and Scarborough Shoal in 2012 are acts of armed aggression against the Philippines that violate the United Nations Charter, according to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. Carpio, in a recent speech before the Philippine Women’s […]
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has once again publicly spoken about the Philippines’ ongoing battle over disputed territories — an obvious reference to the country’s maritime spat with China over the West Philippine Sea. In a speech delivered Monday before newly-sworn lawyers, Carpio said they should give their “undivided loyalty and allegiance” to the […]
In 1933, the French flexed their colonial muscles and annexed nine of the Spratly Islands. When the news spread, the fledgling and troubled Chinese republic faced a basic problem: It didn’t know where the Spratlys were. A year earlier, the French had staked their claim to the Paracel Islands as part of their colony in […]
MANILA – President Benigno Aquino summarized the Philippines’ case against China when he called some of the disputed areas in the West Philippine Sea as mere “rocks” and not islands. Aquino, during his press briefing at the Palace on Monday with his US counterpart, Barack Obama, described the disputed areas as a “few rocks that […]
Speech delivered by Justice Antonio T. Carpio before the Philippine Women’s Judges Association, 06 March 2014 Download the PDF file here: http://www.imoa.ph/speech-protecting-nations-marine-wealth-west-philippine-sea/
Philippine Women’s Judges Association 6 March 2014 Justice Antonio T. Carpio Play the PowerPoint presentation here. This morning, with your kind indulgence, allow me to speak on a matter that I hope would be the advocacy of every Filipino – the protection of the marine wealth of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea. Our […]
(Publication Version) Speech delivered before the Philippine Bar Association 29 August 2013 Justice Antonio T. Carpio In the 17th century, England, Spain and Portugal, the naval superpowers of the day, claimed ownership of the oceans and seas they discovered, and enforced their claims through the barrel of the naval cannon. In 1609, Hugo Grotius, the […]
For today, I will cite and abridge the most important passages of Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s treatise — “The Rule of Law in the West Philippine Sea (WPS)” — for the reader to get a clear picture of where we stand legally versus China’s spurious claims. “In 1609, Hugo Grotius argued in his classic Mare […]