Home›Global Markets›Trade & Tariffs›14 nations mark 10th anniversary of South China Sea ru…

14 nations mark 10th anniversary of South China Sea ruling

China said the 2013 arbitration sought to manufacture jurisdiction by misreading the dispute’s scope, citing its earlier UN law declaration under UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.

Reported · Written up by our desk · Trade & Tariffs

SCMP Economy reports that on July 12, a coalition of 14 nations, including the United States, Philippines, Australia, Canada, Britain, Japan, New Zealand, and seven European states such as Germany, Italy and Baltic nations, issued a statement marking the 10th anniversary of the South China Sea ruling at The Hague in 2016.

The outlet says the statement urged compliance with the ruling and leaned on the principle that international law respects state consent, while noting that China invoked Article 298 of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 2006 to exclude certain disputes, including those tied to territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation, from compulsory arbitration.

According to SCMP Economy, China argues that when the Philippines initiated arbitration in 2013, it bypassed agreed-upon bilateral mechanisms, and China says the tribunal overreached by deliberately misinterpreting the dispute to create jurisdiction that, in its view, did not exist.

More like this

Sources