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The Department of Foreign Affairs lauded the advisory opinion issued by the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea , which declared key parts of the 2016 South China Sea arbitration ruling as “authoritative.”
“This bolsters and reinforces the legitimacy of the final and binding 2016 Arbitration Award and its unassailable status as part of the corpus of international law,” the DFA said in a statement. The DFA said that the Philippines is “diligently studying” the advisory opinion and its implications for the state parties to UNCLOS, “particularly on the duty to protect and preserve the marine environment in the context of greenhouse gas emissions, climate change impacts, and ocean acidification.”
It also invited other countries to join in a constructive dialogue and thorough study of the ITLOS advisory opinion. The department was referring to the “Regulations on Administrative Law Enforcement Procedures for Coast Guard Agencies” that was approved and announced on May 15, and is supposed to take effect on June 15.
“These same domestic laws cannot be applied nor enforced in the high seas under international law,” it added.
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