PO102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: United Nations Convention On The Law Of The Sea
Document Summary
China is making a huge claim based on the nine-dash line : violates internaional law. Brunei, malaysia, philippines, taiwan and vietnam claiming the land as well. Creates global society that funcions based on laws, norms, rights instead of military might and muscle: ideally, internaional law should be the primary arbiter for resolving territorial disputes. Philippines statement on internaional law feb 26th. Legal quesions: who owns the islands, insular features since some are large rocks and built-up coral reefs. The area is geo-strategic major shipping route - trillion in trade shipped through yearly: one of the busiest shipping lanes in the enire world. Economic value of ishing rights: fishing grounds supply livelihoods of people across the region. Treaty that establishes jurisdicional limits on the ocean area: 12-nauical mile territorial sea limit. Air above and the sea below: 200-nauical exclusive economic zone limit. Control of the economic resources but cannot prohibit legal passage and loitering.
