9‑dashed line

• Global Theft of the Global Commons

  30 August 2014

  9‑dashed line, Antonio Carpio, Arbitration, China, China maritime claims, Environmental Protection, fishery resources, Geopolitical Challenges, global commons, global fishing rights, global heritage, global theft, Hainan, high seas, History, International Cooperation, International Law, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Macclesfield Bank, Maritime Security, maritime sovereignty, resource management, shared resources, South China Sea, South China Sea dispute, Territorial Disputes, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  Global Theft of the Global Commons — Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s 2014 lecture analyzing China’s 9‑dashed‑line claims in the South China Sea as a “grand theft” of humanity’s shared maritime heritage. A legal critique based on UNCLOS, sovereignty, and the concept of the high seas as global commons.

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