Concept MAP (WEST Philippine SEA) PDF

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Concept Map UNCLOS The Philippines’ claim is based on its rights under the United Nation 1982 Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). China and the Philippines are among the 167 signatories of UNCLOS.

RIGHTS UNDER UNCLOS

SCARBOROUGH SHOAL

UNCLOS does not grant sovereignty to countries over certain areas but declares what countries may claim from the sea.

The Philippines and china are both claiming Scarborough Shoal, called

Countries are granted 12 nautical miles of territorial waters and 200 nautical miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) from islands.

PANATAG by the PHILIPPINES HUANGYAN by CHINA PHL EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE CHINA’S 9- DASHED LINES PHL TERRITORIAL SEA

EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE Under UNCLOS, Panatag Shoal is part of the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). The Philippines has the right to the fist and seabed resources, including oil and gas, in that area.

MARITIME DISPUTE OVER THE WEST PHILIPPINE

9-DASHED LINES

NO EXPLANATION FROM CHINA “China did not explain the meaning or basis of the 11 dashes. China did not also give the coordinates of the 11 dashes.” “China claimed the islands enclosed by the 11 dashes, namely Dongsha Islands (Pratas), Xisha Islands (Paracels), Zhongsha Island (Macclesfield Bank), and Nansha Islands (Spartlys).”

China is claiming rights to Panatag Shoal, which it calls Huangyan Island, based on the 1947 9-dashed Lines Map of China entitled “Location Map of the South Sea Islands.”

ISLANDS ENCLOSED BY THE 11 DASHES

A CLAIM TO THE ISLANDS OR THE SEA?

11-DASHED LINES

Experts say the 9-dashed Lines Map of China is a claim to the islands, not the sea. MARITIME DISPUTE KEY FEATURES OF PHILIPPINE CASE Justice Antonio Carpio, in his primer on “The South China Sea Dispute” said The Philippine arbitration case against China is a maritime dispute, not a territorial dispute. When the Lines Map of China The Philippines’ arbitration case is anchored on: “The title of the map indicates a claim to the islands, not the sea.“ Justice Antonio Carpio said was first released in 1947, it had 11 U- shaped lines covering Seeking clarification on its rights to exploit its almost the entire South China “A territorial dispute refers to conflicting claims of sovereignty over: Exclusive Economic Zone under UNCLOS and Sea. Continental land; Seeking verification on the legality of China’s 9-dashed Island, whether capable of human habitation of its own or not; or lines claim. In 1950, China, already under Rock above water at high tide.; communist rules, removed two dashed in the Gulf of Tonkin without explanation...