Retired Justice Antonio T. Carpio expresses readiness to join a public debate on the legality of the West Philippine Sea and the Philippines’ maritime claims, emphasizing the need to clarify legal principles and educate the public on national sovereignty rights.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A documentary episode exploring how everyday Filipinos engage with and respond to the West Philippine Sea dispute, highlighting public advocacy and the legal, diplomatic, and national-sovereignty issues at stake.
A comprehensive lecture by Justice Antonio T. Carpio detailing the Philippines’ legal, historical, strategic, and economic basis for defending its sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, presented across multiple scholarly events. Lecture delivered in nine (9) venues.
Justice Carpio explains why the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement undermines the deterrence that previously protected Scarborough Shoal, potentially enabling China to reclaim and fortify the feature without resistance.
Justice Antonio T. Carpio’s 26 November 2019 remarks on the 50th anniversary of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties underscore its pivotal role in ensuring uniform interpretation of international treaties, including its decisive application in the South China Sea Arbitration that reaffirmed lawful maritime entitlements under United Nations Convention on the Law of…
Statement (14 June 2019) by Justice Antonio T. Carpio on the ramming of F/B Gimver 1 — condemning the likely attack by a Chinese maritime-militia vessel inside the Philippine EEZ at Recto/Reed Bank, highlighting the violation of the rights granted under United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and calling for accountability…
An analysis of the West Philippine Sea dispute, tracing historical maritime claims, China’s 9-dashed line, and the Philippines’ legal rights under UNCLOS. Justice Carpio explains why arbitration and the Rule of Law are essential for sovereignty and regional stability.