Austin Bay's On PointLaw of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression
July 20, 2021 On July 12, 2016, The Hague's Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China had systematically violated essential provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or the UNCLOS, at the expense of the Philippines. China's violations included stealing resources from Manila's maritime Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ, and illegally encroaching on Filipino territory in the South China Sea, or SCS. UNCLOS codifies the geophysical conditions and legal precedents establishing sovereign control of territorial waters and rights in EEZs. It is dedicated to...