Arbitration Case Of The Philippines Against China In Virginia
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The Philippines' formal claims, and proclaimed so in a 1978 decree by President Marcos, on certain land features in the Spratlys islands group in the South China Sea, called the Kalayan (“Freedom” in Filipino) Group, have been made under the doctrine of Res nullius (ineffective sovereignty) and their geographical ...
On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People's Republic of China under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (the “Convention”).
In 2016, the Permanent Court of Arbitration issued a decision confirming that the Philippines has sovereign rights over its 200 miles Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the West Philippine Sea.
China adopted a position of non-acceptance and non-participation in the proceedings. The Permanent Court of Arbitration served as Registry in this arbitration.
On 29 October 2015, the PCA published the award by the arbitral tribunal on Jurisdiction and Admissibility for the case. The award favored the Philippines on most of its contentions. The tribunal found that it has jurisdiction to consider the following seven Philippines' Submissions.
In 2012, China seized Scarborough Shoal from the Philippines following a two-month standoff, and in recent years, Chinese coastguard and maritime militia vessels have attempted to block boats supplying food and water to troops garrisoned on a Filipino ship deliberately grounded on Second Thomas Shoal in 1999.
On July 12, 2016, the arbitral tribunal adjudicating the Philippines' case against China in the South China Sea ruled overwhelmingly in favor of the Philippines, determining that major elements of China's claim—including its nine-dash line, recent land reclamation activities, and other activities in Philippine waters— ...
The primary countries affected by the Chinese territorial claims are Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei, but many stakeholders from outside the region, most notably the United States, have become involved in the disputes and have aimed to check Chinese ambition.
The Philippines has claims on territories which include the Spratly Islands, portions of North Borneo, and the Scarborough Shoal.