Peaceful diplomacy

• Defending Our Sovereign Rights in the Grand Manner

  07 November 2019

  2016 Arbitral Award, Antonio T. Carpio, Arbitration, China, EEZ, Exclusive Economic Zone, Kalayaan Islands, Maritime Law, maritime sovereignty, Peaceful diplomacy, Philippine Constitution, Philippine sovereignty, Philippines, rule of law, Scarborough Shoal, South China Sea, Sovereign rights., territorial dispute, U.P. Law Alumni, University of the Philippines Law Alumni Homecoming, UP College of Law, West Philippine Sea

  Defending Our Sovereign Rights in the Grand Manner” — a 07 November 2019 address by Justice Antonio T. Carpio before the alumni of UP College of Law, urging Filipino lawyers to uphold the rule of law in defending the nation’s sovereign rights over the West Philippine Sea, and calling on government and citizens to assert…

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• On China’s Threat to go to War with the Philippines

  20 May 2017

  2016 Arbitral Award, Antonio T. Carpio, China, conflict resolution, International Law, maritime sovereignty, Peaceful diplomacy, Philippines maritime rights, South China Sea, territorial dispute, UNCLOS, war threats, West Philippine Sea

  Statement (20 May 2017) by Justice Antonio T. Carpio condemning any threat by China to go to war with the Philippines over the South China Sea — calling instead for resolution through international law and the 2016 Arbitral Award under UNCLOS to uphold Philippine sovereignty and maritime rights.

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