PCA Case No. 2013-19
PCA Case No. 2013-19
PCA Case No. 2013-19
1. ISLANDS
2. ROCKS/REEFS
3. LOW TIDE ELEVATIONS
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negotiations
subject-matter would
constitute an integral part of maritime
delimitation
China has:
(a) built a large artificial island on Mischief Reef,
a low-tide elevation located in the exclusive
economic zone of the Philippines;
(b) caused permanent, irreparable harm to the
coral reef ecosystem and
(c) permanently destroyed evidence of the
natural condition of the features in question
Both the Philippines and China have repeatedly accepted that the
Convention and general obligations of good faith define and
regulate their conduct.
The root of the disputes at issue in this arbitration lies not in any
intention on the part of China or the Philippines to infringe on
the legal rights of the other, but rather in fundamentally
different understandings of their respective rights under the
Convention in the waters of the South China Sea.