marine resources

• On China’s Request to Survey Benham Rise

  15 January 2018

  Antonio T. Carpio, Benham Rise, China, extended continental shelf, International Law, marine resources, maritime sovereignty, Philippines EEZ, South China Sea, survey request, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  Statement (15 January 2018) by Justice Antonio T. Carpio on China’s request to survey Benham Rise — arguing that such surveys within Philippine waters must respect the country’s sovereign rights under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and that foreign survey requests should require Philippine consent.

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• Protecting the Nation’s Marine Wealth in the West Philippine Sea

  06 March 2014

  Antonio Carpio, Arbitration, China, Continental Shelf, EEZ, Historical Rights, History, Hugo Grotius, International Law, Islands, James Shoal, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Malampaya, Mare Liberum, marine biodiversity, marine resources, marine wealth, Maritime Law, Maritime Resources, maritime sovereignty, ocean conservation, Philippine sovereignty, Philippines, Philippines EEZ, Philippines marine protection, Philippines maritime strategy, Reefs, Rocks, Scarborough Shoal, Shoals, South China Sea, South China Sea dispute, Spratly Islands, territorial dispute, Territorial Waters, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  Justice Antonio T. Carpio delivers a detailed address on the Philippines’ constitutional duty to protect its marine wealth in the West Philippine Sea, explaining UNCLOS, the invalidity of China’s 9-dashed line claim, and why joint development under China’s terms would violate Philippine sovereignty.

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