"China noted the development, and we are trying to get more information on this," said Lin. He added that there are territorial issues and disputes over maritime delimitation in the South China Sea between China and the Philippines. "Pursuant to the rules of procedure of the UN Commission on...
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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...
MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) has issued an assumption of jurisdiction (AOJ) order over the labor dispute between the Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its flight crew barring the possibility of a strike.Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said in an...
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...
Moreover, the Philippines failed to fulfill its obligation under Article 283 to exchange views on means of dispute settlement. Hong reitetated the Arbitral Tribunal has no jurisdiction over the relevant matters. He said by expanding and exceeding its jurisdiction at will, the Arbitral Tribunal has...
PTC I issued a decision finding that the ICC can have jurisdiction over the deportation of Rohingya from Myanmar to Bangladesh, despite the fact that Myanmar is not a State party, because at least one element of the crime of deportation (the crossing of a border) took place on the territory...
has somewhat ‘slipped through the cracks’ of ocean governance, especially for the ABNJ [3], and there are also concerns about effective and equitable conservation on the high seas, as evidenced by the quote from Malawi, above. In September 2018, following over a decade of informal efforts,...
The two states in the Philippines v. China Case have continually reaffirmed in multiple documents and the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea that they agreed to resolve their disputes in the South China Sea through consultations and negotiations. However, the ...