The tribunal handling the South China Sea arbitration case unilaterally initiated by the former Philippine government issued its final award on Tuesday, amid a global chorus that as the panel has no jurisdiction, its decision is naturally null and void.
The arbitral tribunal should correct its mistakes and make up for the homework it has neglected to do, chief expert at the Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies of Wuhan University Sienho Yee told Xinhua in an exclusive interview Wednesday.
The Philippine-initiated arbitration on the South China Sea issue is but a political farce under "legal" pretexts aiming to fake "a new reality," which provokes both principles of international law and order, said an article published in a renowned Chinese biweekly magazine.
An arbitral tribunal with widely contested jurisdiction will issue an award on July 12 on the South China Sea case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) in The Hague said on Wednesday.
Under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the jurisdiction of an arbitral tribunal is limited to disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the convention. But the South China Sea case is in essence about territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation.
An arbitral tribunal with widely contested jurisdiction will issue an award on July 12 on the South China Sea case unilaterally initiated by the Philippines.China has refused to participate in the proceedings and declared that it will never recognize the verdict, stressing that the tribunal has no jurisdiction because the case is in essence related to territorial sovereignty and maritime delimitation.
In an op-ed recently carried by the French daily Le Figaro, Chinese Ambassador to France Zhai Jun has reiterated the country's stance that China does not accept the arbitration on the South China Sea issue.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Monday that the country will not support an arbitral tribunal's upcoming decision over the South China Sea issue and called on all parties concerned in the disputes to resolve their differences through bilateral negotiations.
An arbitral tribunal's decision to allow the South China Sea case initiated by the Philippines against China to go ahead is not convincing, according to a leading international law expert at the University of Oxford.
The decisions taken by a tribunal set up by the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) are unfair, and China is justified in rejecting them, a Houston-based professor told Xinhua in a recent interview.
The Philippines is carelessly throwing away a chance offered by China to jointly solve the disputes over the South China Sea issue through dialogue and consultation, some analysts argue, as the Philippines has sought out the help of the international arbitration tribunal.
Myanmar's Union Parliament Monday approved the formation of a nine-member constitutional tribunal after the military representatives failed to object two of the nominated members for appointment as tribunal members.
Russia is not responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over Ukraine one year ago, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
Russia on Wednesday vetoed a draft UN Security Council resolution on the establishment of an international tribunal to investigate the downing of a Malaysian airliner last year.
Australia's Foreign Minister has urged Russia against obstructing a United Nations (UN) Security Council move to further investigate the MH17 disaster.
Members of the UN Security Council are yet to reach an agreement on whether an international tribunal should be established to try those allegedly responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 17, 2014, Gerard van Bohemen, New Zealand's ambassador to the UN, told reporters here Monday.
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte was in discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday morning about the setup of a special United Nations (UN) tribunal for the prosecution of those responsible for the crash of flight MH17, the Dutch government press office told Xinhua.
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