Arbitration
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Will China follow PH arbitration case ruling?
UNITED NATIONS – “Can international law be a law when it can be ignored or broken by states without any consequence?” Philippine Ambassador to the United Nations Libran Cabactulan raised this question as he hosted a discussion at the UN on a topic closely related to the Philippines’ historic arbitration case against China on the […]
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PH to include more ancient maps in territory case vs China
Albert del Rosario, Arbitration, Cartographic Exhibit, China, DLSU, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maps, Memorial, Nine Dash Line, Philippines, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea DisputeMANILA – The Philippines intends to submit more ancient maps to the United Nations arbitral tribunal to strengthen its case against China’s so-called Nine-Dash-Line map, the Foreign Affairs chief said on Thursday. China has been claiming about 90 percent or the whole West Philippine Sea citing its nine-dash-line of its ancient map. “If you look […]
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Global Theft of the Global Commons
Arbitration, China, environmental protection, Geopolitical Challenges, global commons, global theft, History, international cooperation, International Law, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maritime Security, resource management, shared resources, South China Sea Dispute, Territorial Disputes, UNCLOSSpeech delivered on the 75th anniversary of the College of Law of the University of San Agustin, Iloilo City, 30 August 2014. Discover the alarming reality of maritime disputes and resource exploitation in the South China Sea. Explore how territorial claims affect global commons and the urgent need for international cooperation.
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Kerry: Law, Not Coercion, Key to Resolving Sea Disputes
STATE DEPARTMENT— Speaking in Hawaii after a week-long trip to Asia, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said resolving competing territorial claims in the South China Sea is about respecting international law, not rival claimants trying to intimidate each other. Secretary Kerry said disputed mineral and fishing rights in the South China Sea underlie more […]
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Hard-headed realism needed in the South China Sea
Hopes of resolving the South China Sea’s bitter territorial disputes have once again proven illusory. Meeting in Myanmar over the week-end, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) shied away from backing the Filipino proposal for a freeze on destabilising unilateral challenges to the territorial status quo. Although this is typical of ASEAN’s limp diplomacy, […]
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Beijing hints it may stop activities in South China Sea if Manila drops arbitration
NAYPYIDAW — China would be willing to halt its activities in disputed areas in the South China Sea if the Philippines backs out of international arbitration it initiated last year, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Saturday. Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario proposed at a regional security summit here what he termed a […]
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China Rejects Philippine Proposal on South China Sea Disputes
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar—China on Saturday rejected the Philippines’ proposed freeze on perceived provocative acts that recently stirred tensions in contested Asian waters, signaling its preference to tackle South China Sea disputes with diplomatic efforts that have made little progress in the last decade. Read more: http://online.wsj.com/articles/china-rejects-philippine-proposal-on-south-china-sea-disputes-1407574262?tesla=y
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PH becoming a thorn in China’s side
MANILA, Philippines–Who would have thought that the tiny Philippines would be a thorn in the side of giant China? Magdalo Rep. Francisco Ashley Acedillo said the Philippines’ geographic location is in the way of China’s defense strategy in the Asia-Pacific region, giving its ally, the United States, a base from which to counter China. “Our […]
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‘China wants to seize more sea’
Arbitration, China, ICJ, Nine Dash Line, Oil Rig, Paracels, South China Sea Dispute, Spratlys, UNCLOS, VeitnamDA NANG: Vietnam and regional countries should raise world alarm about China’s nine-dash claim to much of the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), retired French general Daniel Schaeffer told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos here. Schaeffer, an expert on Chinese issues at France’s Asia Research Center, […]
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China rejects Phl call for construction ban in disputed sea
BEIJING — China rejected a suggestion by the Philippines for a regionwide ban on construction in the South China Sea after Beijing began building a school on a rugged outpost it created to strengthen its claims to disputed waters. Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said he will propose that the Association of Southeast Asian […]