Sovereign Rights

• Carpio on West PH Sea Territorial Claims: Strengthening the Philippines’ Strongest Title

  05 May 2025

  China’s Assertiveness, Honorable Justice Antonio Carpio, Sovereign Rights, territorial integrity, The South China Sea / West Philippine Sea Dispute

  Carpio on West PH Sea: Strengthening the Philippines’ Strongest Title

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• Carpio’s Expert Insight: Philippines Should Pursue New Arbitration for Extended Continental Shelf in West Philippine Sea

  05 May 2025

  Antonio Carpio, Arbitration case against China, Continental Shelf, Sovereign Rights, The South China Sea / West Philippine Sea Dispute, UNCLOS Convention

  Justice Carpio Advocates New Arbitration Case Over West Philippine Sea Claims

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• Philippines’ Sovereign Rights in West PH Sea: A Carpio Perspective

  17 September 2024

  Antonio Carpio, Arbitration case against China, Armed Forces of the Philippines, International Law, Sovereign Rights, The South China Sea / West Philippine Sea Dispute

  Justice Antonio Carpio on Asserting PH Sovereign Rights

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• Who is lying — the President or Roque?

  29 April 2021

  conflicting statements, Crosscurrents, Duterte, Harry Roque, Justice Carpio, legal analysis, Philippine Daily Inquirer, presidential spokesperson, Sovereign Rights, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  Justice Carpio evaluates conflicting statements by President Duterte and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque on West Philippine Sea policy, stressing the importance of legal accuracy and consistency in defending Philippine sovereign rights.

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• Why the President is inutile on the WPS

  14 August 2020

  2016 Arbitral Award, Crosscurrents, defeatist rhetoric, Duterte inutile, Exclusive Economic Zone, Freedom of Navigation, International Law, Justice Carpio, Maritime Law, national strategy, Philippine Constitution, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Sovereign Rights, West Philippine Sea, WPS

  Justice Carpio critiques President Duterte’s admission of being “inutile” in defending Philippines’ West Philippine Sea rights, arguing that defeatist rhetoric weakens constitutional and legal claims and urging active assertion of sovereign entitlements under international law.

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• Defending Philippine Sovereign Rights in the West Philippine Sea

  27 February 2020

  China, China-Philippines relations, International Court of Justice, International Law, Justice Antonio T. Carpio, Maritime Dispute, Maritime Security, Philippine sovereignty, Philippines, Sea Claims, South China Sea, Sovereign Rights, territorial integrity, UNCLOS, West Philippine Sea

  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.

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• Never Give Up Honor, Sovereignty and Sovereign Rights

  22 August 2017

  2017 U.P. Alumni Homecoming, Antonio T. Carpio, China, International Law, Maritime Law, maritime sovereignty, national honor, Philippine EEZ, Philippine Maritime Rights, Philippines, South China Sea, Sovereign Rights, sovereignty, territorial integrity, UNCLOS, University of the Philippines, West Philippine Sea

  “Never Give Up Honor, Sovereignty and Sovereign Rights” — a 22 August 2017 address by Justice Antonio T. Carpio invoking the duty of Filipinos to defend national honor and uphold maritime sovereignty and sovereign rights under international law, especially in the face of external maritime claims.

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