2016 South China Sea Arbitration
                        
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                Statements (47)
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| gptkbp:instanceOf | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:arbitration
                                        
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| gptkbp:arbitralTribunal | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Permanent_Court_of_Arbitration
                                        
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| gptkbp:ASEANResponse | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            mixed reactions from ASEAN members
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:awardDocument | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            https://pca-cpa.org/en/cases/7/
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:awardYear | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            12 July 2016
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:category | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:South_China_Sea
                                        
                                         gptkb:international_relations Maritime disputes 2016 in law  | 
                            
| gptkbp:ChinaParticipation | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            China refused to participate
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:ChinaResponse | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            China declared the award null and void
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:decision | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            invalidated China's nine-dash line claim
                                        
                                        
                                         ruled in favor of the Philippines  | 
                            
| gptkbp:enforcedBy | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            no enforcement mechanism
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:filingDate | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            22 January 2013
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:impact | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            increased regional tensions
                                        
                                        
                                         international attention to South China Sea disputes  | 
                            
| gptkbp:language | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Chinese
                                        
                                         English  | 
                            
| gptkbp:launched | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Republic of the Philippines
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:legalBasis | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Annex VII of UNCLOS
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:location | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:The_Hague,_Netherlands
                                        
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| gptkbp:mediaCoverage | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            extensive international media coverage
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:notableFinds | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            China violated Philippines' sovereign rights
                                        
                                        
                                         Mischief Reef is a low-tide elevation Scarborough Shoal is a rock, not an island China caused environmental harm in the South China Sea No legal basis for China to claim historic rights within nine-dash line  | 
                            
| gptkbp:officialName | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            The South China Sea Arbitration (The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China)
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:PhilippinesResponse | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Philippines welcomed the ruling
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:relatedTo | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Philippines–China_relations
                                        
                                         gptkb:nine-dash_line gptkb:UNCLOS gptkb:South_China_Sea_dispute  | 
                            
| gptkbp:response | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
                                        
                                         United States supported the ruling  | 
                            
| gptkbp:status | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            legally binding under UNCLOS
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:subject | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            maritime entitlements in the South China Sea
                                        
                                        
                                         interpretation of United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea  | 
                            
| gptkbp:tribunalChair | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Judge Thomas A. Mensah
                                        
                                        
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| gptkbp:tribunalMember | 
                                    
                                        
                                            
                                            Judge Jean-Pierre Cot
                                        
                                        
                                         Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum Judge Stanislaw Pawlak Professor Alfred H. A. Soons  | 
                            
| gptkbp:bfsParent | 
                                    
                                        
                                            gptkb:Bajo_de_Masinloc
                                        
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