As the South Chinese Sea dispute continues to heat up, former associate justice Antonio Carpio has recommended that the Philippines submit the conflicting claims in the Spratly Islands to voluntary arbitration in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
“This will settle by peaceful means, in accordance with the UN Charter, the territorial dispute in the Spratlys… We have the strongest claim to the Spratlys. Let’s challenge everybody to submit this to arbitration,” Carpio said during a seminar-workshop on enhancing media coverage of the South China Sea last Sept. 15.