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China has opposed the Philippines’ belief that the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) legitimizes the latter’s claim over the West Philippine Sea. Mao Ning, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said that the advisory opinion, which...

The Philippines has welcomed a recent advisory opinion issued by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) pertaining to the two concerns raised by a commission of small island states as its response validated the 2016 Arbitral Ruling on the South China Sea. The Department of...

​The Philippines has maintained that the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) has the authority to release an advisory opinion on the specific obligations of countries in protecting their marine environment against threats of climate change. Advisory proceedings, which started on...

The Philippines has expressed alarm over the rising levels of waters caused by climate change as it said it could negatively affect the stability of international territorial boundaries. In its submission for the advisory proceedings before the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS),...

The Duterte administration’s position to blame the past Aquino administration for the problems in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) does not hold merit because the arbitral ruling was awarded during President Duterte’s time, the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said on Sunday, May 2. The...