Foreign Sec. Teddy Locsin wants The Hague court ruling part of a code of conduct in the South China Sea. It’s but right. The jurisprudence is maritime in nature. It clarifies and affirms the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. It pertains to SCS disputes. All the disputants are UNCLOS signatories. So any accord on how to comport themselves must abide and be guided by the landmark 2016 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.

Bondoc, J. (2020, September 2). Locsin wants sea ruling included in SCS code. The Philippine Star, p. 7.