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Tag: UN Arbitral Court

  • Categories News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    The South China Sea Arbitration: the Philippines’ Nicaraguan moment

    Jul 14, 2016 1:24 PM

        By ROMEL REGALADO BAGARES AND so the Philippines has just had its Nicaraguan moment as it clinched a  unanimous decision in most of its 15 arbitral claims against Chinese “Nine-Dash Line” expansionism in the South China Sea. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, in a landmark ruling released July 12 on the case In […]

    South China Sea, UN Arbitral Court

  • Categories Top Stories

    Ways to make China comply if U.N. ruling on SCS favors PH

    Jun 24, 2016 9:36 PM

      By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS THE Philippines is not exactly helpless if the  United Nations Arbitral Court decides in our favor in the case we filed against China and China ignores it. The Hague-based  U.N. Artbitral Court is expected to decide on  the case on July 7. In Jan. 2013, the Philippine asked the U.N. […]

    Antonio Carpio, South Chia Sea, UN Arbitral Court

  • Categories Commentary Editor's Pick South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    UN Arbitral Panel Rules In Favor of the Philippines: Now What?

    By ROBERTO R. ROMULO  |  Nov 07, 2015 6:37 PM

    Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario’s dogged determination to pursue the South China Sea/West Philippine Sea dispute through the rule of law has proven his approach correct. The court ruled that the case was “properly constituted” under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, that China’s “non-appearance” (i.e., refusal to participate) did not […]

    South China Sea, spratlys, UN Arbitral Court

  • Categories Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    China on UN Arbitral Court decision in favor of PH: Null and void

    Oct 30, 2015 9:06 PM

    By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS China is not honoring the decision of the United Nations Arbitral Court that it has jurisdiction on the case filed by the Philippines against  it,  China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement today. China instead urged the Philippines to resolve the dispute through negotiations and consultations. “The award rendered […]

    UN Arbitral Court

  • Categories Editor's Pick News South China Sea: Waters of Contention

    PH wins round one in UN Arbitral Tribunal case vs China

    Oct 30, 2015 9:38 AM

    The United Nations Arbitral Tribunal ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear the case filed by the Philippines against China over the disputed areas in the  South China Sea. In its claim, the Philippines asked the arbitral tribunal to rule on three basic issues: The validity of China’s nine-dash lines Low tide elevations […]

    PH-China dispute, South China Sea, UN Arbitral Court, UN Arbitral Tribunal, UNCLOS

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    Is the Philippines ready for China’s retaliation?

    Mar 31, 2014 12:02 AM

    By ELLEN T. TORDESILLAS            NO ifs and buts about it: the Philippines and China are no longer friends. That’s a decision that the Philippines made when it hauled China to the United Nations  Arbitral Tribunal over the latter’s all -South -China -Sea-encompassing 9-dash line map.  As former ambassador to the United Nations Lauro Baja […]

    Ayungin Shoal, China, UN Arbitral Court

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