In a speech in Hong Kong last Thursday, pioneering China legal scholar Jerome Cohen said China was looking like a “bully” for rejecting international arbitration of its territorial dispute with the Philippines, according to a South China Morning Post report. The two countries both claim the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, which are believed […]
China should be careful how it looks to the international community, according to Professor Jerome Cohen of New York University. The drama about the disputed Scarborough Shoal or Huangyan Islands had the Philippines seeking international arbitration from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS. The Philippines have said they acknowledge […]
China should be careful how it looks to the international community, according to Professor Jerome Cohen of New York University. The drama about the disputed Scarborough Shoal or Huangyan Islands had the Philippines seeking international arbitration from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS. The Philippines have said they acknowledge […]
Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio has said that even if the Philippines wins in the arbitral dispute it has lodged against China on the West Philippine Sea, the decision would most likely go unenforced. In a speech he delivered before graduating law students of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Carpio noted that […]
MANILA, Philippines – China’s 9-dashed line claim to almost the entire West Philippine Sea violates the the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), according to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio. Carpio, in a speech before graduates of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila on May 18, said Beijing’s claim takes away […]
MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines’ only recourse in the territorial dispute with China is to appeal to world opinion even if the country has already taken the issue to an arbitral tribunal under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos), a senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court said. Senior Associate Justice Antonio […]
On 22 January 2013, the Philippines officially notified China that it had instituted arbitral proceedings against China under Annex VII of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). This paper will examine the role of UNCLOS and international law in the South China Sea disputes and will focus in particular […]
By Hon. Justice Antonio T. Carpio [Note: The following is the Commencement Speech delivered by Justice Antonio T. Carpio on 18 May 2013 before the Graduating Class of the Graduate School of Law of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila.] As life-long students of the law, we ask: in the international sphere, is there a […]
Rival countries have wrangled over territory in the South China Sea for centuries – but a recent upsurge in tension has sparked concern that the area is becoming a flashpoint with global consequences. What is the argument about? It is a dispute over territory and sovereignty over ocean areas and the Paracels and the Spratlys […]
Since the Obama administration’s announced “pivot” to Asia, challenges have piled up in the region. With the exception of North Korea’s nuclear brinksmanship, most of the challenges involve growing tension in the South China Sea and East China Sea. The US must devise a policy on these maritime disputes that preserves freedom of navigation and […]