Carpio: PH should sue China for damaged reefs
Excerpt
The admission of National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon Jr. that Chinese fishermen have harvested giant clams and destroyed coral reefs at Panatag Shoal is enough for the Duterte administration to seek compensation from China, acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio said on Tuesday. Carpio said the government should file another case against China in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, which has recognized the Philippines’ sovereign rights in the West Philippine Sea, waters within the country’s 370-kilometer exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the heavily disputed South China Sea.
Citation
Ramos, M. (2018, June 13). Carpio: PH should sue China for damaged reefs. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A3.
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Fishers; Coral reefs; Governments; International law; Law of the sea; Exclusive rights; Exclusive economic zone; Disputes; Territorial waters; Fishing grounds; United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea; Marine environment; Environmental protection; United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS); Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague; Esperon, Hermogenes Jr.; Duterte, Rodrigo; Carpio, Antonio; Philippines; China; Panatag Shoal; West Philippine Sea; Vietnam; Malaysia; Indonesia; Brunei; South China Sea
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