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
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.
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
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
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
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
