The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration said on Thursday that it has rejected China's claim that the row was beyond the tribunal's remit.
The case taken by the Philippines to the Permanent Court of Arbitration revolves around underlying rights and entitlements and "the status of certain maritime features" in the South China Sea, the court said.
The court ruled that the case reflects "disputes between the two states concerning the interpretation or application" of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Manila has insisted the Convention, which the Philippines and China have both ratified, should be used to resolve the territorial row over isolated reefs and islets, which has triggered growing international alarm.
But China, which insists it has sovereign rights to nearly all of the South China Sea - a strategic waterway through which about a third of all the world's traded oil passes - has refused to participate in the proceedings...
aljazeera.com
29/10/15
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In defeat for Beijing, Hague court to hear South China Sea dispute...
ReplyDeleteIn a legal setback for Beijing, an arbitration court in the Netherlands ruled on Thursday that it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea.
Manila filed the case in 2013 to seek a ruling on its right to exploit the South China Sea waters in its 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone (EEZ) as allowed under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration rejected Beijing's claim that the disputes were about territorial sovereignty and said additional hearings would be held to decide the merits of the Philippines' arguments.
China has boycotted the proceedings and rejects the court's authority in the case. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost the entire South China Sea, dismissing claims to parts of it from Vietnam, the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei............reuters.com
China repeats will not accept South China Sea arbitration case...
ReplyDeleteA senior Chinese diplomat repeated on Friday that China would neither participate in nor accept a case at an arbitration court in the Netherlands over the disputed South China Sea.
Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin told reporters that the case will not affect China's sovereign claims in the seas.
The court in the Hague ruled on Thursday it has jurisdiction to hear some territorial claims the Philippines has filed against China over disputed areas in the South China Sea. REUTERS
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