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• Remarks on the 2nd Anniversary of the Arbitral Award On the South China Sea Dispute

  12 July 2018

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  Remarks by Justice Antonio T. Carpio on the 2nd anniversary (12 July 2018) of the 2016 Arbitral Award on the South China Sea dispute — reaffirming that the Award invalidates China’s “nine‑dashed line” as a legal basis for claiming waters or resources, confirms the Philippines’ full 200‑NM EEZ under United Nations Convention on the Law…

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