The 2016 arbitral ruling in the South China Sea (SCS) remains “legally binding and cornerstone of international maritime law, ...

This chapter of history reveals another fundamental fact: The post-World War II international order established the basis for ...

The arbitral tribunal for the South China Sea, established at the Philippines' unilateral request and without China's consent ...

Today, technological advances in deep-sea exploration bring us to the threshold of a new endeavour—one that calls upon the best of our collective capabilities.

Trump last month signed an executive order to accelerate the permit-granting process for deep-sea mining in domestic and international waters, citing an obscure 1980 US law.

The arrest and prosecution of judges on such specious charges is where rule by law ends and tyranny begins. The independent judiciary is the only constraint of law on a president.

MANILA, Philippines – Reelectionist Sen. Francis Tolentino wants to see a concluded Code of Conduct in the South China Sea that upholds both the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS ...

The Philippines is preparing to build a new arbitration case against China over alleged breaches of international law in the South China Sea. It may seem like a symbolic gesture, but in a world ...

Sino-Philippine tensions in the South China Sea have apparently escalated since 2022. In this article, Takagi argues that this is not because of the shift of the Philippine President’s position ...

As mining companies look to the seafloor for critical metals, environmentalists say California's Right to Repair law could help avert ecological harm.

The Issue Proponents of U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) claim that America cannot secure its maritime interests without being a member of the treaty. That ...

On 9 April 2024, the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS, or the Tribunal) issued a longawaited advisory opinion on climate change and international law, concluding that States ...