The Philippines says UNCLOS shows ‘that principles trump power; that law triumphs over force; and that right prevails over might’ DAY TWO. The Philippine delegation waits inside a session hall at The Hague, The Netherlands, for the second day of the oral hearings on the Philippines’ case against China over the South China Sea. Photo […]
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Oral arguments on the Philippines’ claim over the West Philippine Sea began in The Hague in The Netherlands Tuesday evening (July 7, PH time). At the Peace Palace, a team of high-level Philippine officials buckled down to argue its case. Beijing will not be there, but it has managed to […]
NETHERLANDS – The Philippines has assembled a crack international legal team to fight an unprecedented arbitration case under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea – ignoring growing pressure from Beijing to scrap the action. An ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau report said members of the Philippine legal team stayed up late last […]
NETHERLANDS – The Philippines has assembled a crack international legal team to fight an unprecedented arbitration case under the United Nations’ Convention on the Law of the Sea – ignoring growing pressure from Beijing to scrap the action. An ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau report said members of the Philippine legal team stayed up late last […]
The Philippines argued at a closed hearing on Tuesday that an international court should intervene in its dispute with China over the right to exploit natural resources and fish in the South China Sea. Though China has declined to participate, the case at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is being closely watched […]
MANILA – The Philippines has a “plan B” in case a United Nations arbitral tribunal will decide it does not have jurisdiction over the Philippines’ case to protect its sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea (West Philippine Sea). “We have a plan B, but we can’t disclose options at this time considering how […]
On July 7 to 13, the Philippines argues its historic case versus China before a UN Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague. The core issue to be resolved is: does the Arbitral Tribunal have jurisdiction over the maritime dispute? In the hearing, a top-level delegation will represent the Philippines. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario and […]
The Philippine government’s protests through media now sounds like a broken record. The United Nations International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea will start the hearing of the Philippine suit against China’s nine dash line map which encroached on territories of the Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam on July 6. But even a […]
In a recent East Asia Forum article, Sam Bateman criticised a decision by the US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to develop military plans for more assertive freedom of navigation (FON) operations in the South China Sea (SCS). Specifically, Bateman asserts that ‘there are significant legal, operational and political risks involved with these operations’. While there […]
“China has effectively put up its own Great Wall of the Sea.” China’s statement on Tuesday that it would soon start building infrastructure on its artificial islands in the South China Sea drew condemnation from the Philippines, Japan and the United States on Wednesday. Manila said it was considering asking the United Nations arbitral tribunal […]