Phl legal counsel: China consented to arbitration by signing UNCLOS

By Patricia Lourdes Viray Counsel Team for the Philippines, including Prof. Bernard Oxman, Prof. Alan Boyle and Lawrence Martin at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands PCA/Released MANILA, Philippines — China technically consented to undergo arbitration by signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), one of the Philippines’s legal… Read More

Watch: Raul Pangalangan during the Post Arbitration Forum

Hon. Raul C. Pangalangan is a Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Nethrlands. Pangalangan specializes in Public international and Constitutional law, and has previously served as a visiting professor in the Harvard Law School. Currently, he sits in the governing council of the International Association of Constitutional Law and of the Asian… Read More

Tribunal ruling: Blunting China’s realpolitik approach in the South China Sea dispute

By Renato Cruz De Castro In this May 24, 2014 photo, China’s Harbin (112) guided missile destroyer, left, and DDG-139 Ningbo Sovremenny class Type-956EM destroyer, right, take part in a week-long China-Russia “Joint Sea-2014” navy exercise at the East China Sea off Shanghai, China. AP/China Out MANILA, Philippines — On 12 July 2016, the Permanent Court… Read More

FULL TEXT: Ex-DFA chief Del Rosario hails UN court ruling on sea dispute

Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario led the filing of arbitration case against China before the United Nations’ Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands. File photo MANILA, Philippines — Former Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario, the brain of filing an arbitration case against China, hailed the ruling of the United Nations’ Permanent Court… Read More

PH must “set the tone” for peaceful resolution of China dispute

Dindo Manhit, President of Stratbase Albert Del Rosario Institute for Strategic and International Studies Image Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer Now that the Permanent Court of Arbitration has released its decision on the case lodged by the Philippines against China, the Philippines should immediately set the tone of what is to follow. In the days ahead,… Read More

Analysis: Philippine case vs China, a major salvo in long effort

Vessels of the Philippine Navy and the United States 7th Fleet steam in formation in South China Sea during exercise Balikatan 2010. US Navy/Mark Alvarez, file MANILA, Philippines – Since 2013, Philippine foreign policy has been especially firm on the importance of upholding the country’s rights under international law and in accordance with the Constitution when when… Read More