Concerning the International Criminal Court, Plachta discussed the Philippine government’s cutting contact with the ICC over the “war on drugs” investigation as well as the ICC Appeal Chamber authorizing the investigation on drug war killings in the Philippines. Maghsoodnia discussed the ICC’s ad...
The Declaration of China concerning Baselines of the Territorial Sea of 15 May 1996, taken as an example, sparked protests from the Philippines and Vietnam. See [1996] 32LOSB88–91. Google Scholar Lagoni, ‘Internal Waters, Seagoing Vessels in’ in Bernhardt (ed.),EPIL(1989), vol. 11,...
This chapter will address questions of jurisdiction and applicable law, and how international courts and tribunals have considered these issues in disputes concerning the environment. First, it will establish the distinction between the jurisdiction of a court or tribunal to deal with a particular dispu...
The Chinese Nine-Dash Line consists of a territorial claim by Chinese authorities which effectively places most of the South China Sea under Chinese jurisdiction, thus inflating uproar among its maritime neighbors. The case was brought to arbitration under Annex VII UNCLOS by the Philippines, and th...