PCG: Rear Admiral Luis M Tuason Jr PCG led the closing ceremony of the three (3) day seminar on Maritime Law Enforcement and Law of the Sea held at the National Coast Watch Center, Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard today, March 15.

The said seminar conducted by Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) aimed to enhance institutional capacity in the areas of international law on military operations and maritime law enforcement. It tackled the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and focused on regional maritime issues.

The seminar also included discussions on piracy, fisheries protection, comparisons between the law of armed conflict and maritime law enforcement, rules of engagement, and rules for the use of force.

Seminar on legal issues relating to maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS), including matters arising from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)(17 April 2023), held during the second session of the Joint MSC-LEG-FAL MASS Working Group.

Vladimir Jares, the Deputy Director of Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea Office of Legal Affairs in the United Nations, addresses members of the Somalia Federal Parliament during a workshop for the Parliamentary Group on the Implementation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) in Mogadishu, Somalia on September 12, 2017. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan

Seminar on legal issues relating to maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS), including matters arising from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)(17 April 2023), held during the second session of the Joint MSC-LEG-FAL MASS Working Group.

The CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies is pleased to host a Banyan Tree Leadership Forum featuring Antonio T. Carpio, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

The lecture will discuss China’s nine-dash line claim as the root cause of the South China Sea disputes, and show how it encroaches on the maritime zones of other coastal states. It will argue that the recent creation by China of artificial islands in the Spratlys is part of a design by China to control the South China Sea for economic and military purposes. The lecture will explain how the nine-dash line claim, and the activities by China to enforce it, violate the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and threaten peace, security, and stability in the region. The lecture will argue that the nine-dash line claim has no historical basis and that throughout Chinese history, the southernmost territory of China has been Hainan Island. The lecture will suggest a possible resolution of the dispute whereby China would return to the original intent of the 1947 nine-dash line, articulated by President Ma Ying-Jeou of Taiwan, as a claim to islands and their maritime zones that are recognized under international law.

Justice Carpio studied law at the University of the Philippines’ College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1975. He immediately went into private practice, establishing Carpio Villaraza and Cruz LLP. In 1992, Justice Carpio was appointed Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in the Office of the President of the Philippines, and on October 26, 2001, he was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Justice Carpio has received the Presidential Medal of Merit, the Outstanding Achievement in Law Award from the Ateneo de Manila Alumni Association, and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Ateneo de Davao University.

Follow the event on Twitter@SoutheastAsiaDC ǀ@CSIS ǀ #CSISLive

Programs

CSIS Sumitro Djojohadikusumo Banyan Tree Leadership Forum, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Topics

Defense and Security

Regions

Southeast Asia

PCG: Rear Admiral Luis M Tuason Jr PCG led the closing ceremony of the three (3) day seminar on Maritime Law Enforcement and Law of the Sea held at the National Coast Watch Center, Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard today, March 15.

The said seminar conducted by Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) aimed to enhance institutional capacity in the areas of international law on military operations and maritime law enforcement. It tackled the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and focused on regional maritime issues.

The seminar also included discussions on piracy, fisheries protection, comparisons between the law of armed conflict and maritime law enforcement, rules of engagement, and rules for the use of force.

PCG: Rear Admiral Luis M Tuason Jr PCG led the closing ceremony of the three (3) day seminar on Maritime Law Enforcement and Law of the Sea held at the National Coast Watch Center, Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard today, March 15.

The said seminar conducted by Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) aimed to enhance institutional capacity in the areas of international law on military operations and maritime law enforcement. It tackled the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and focused on regional maritime issues.

The seminar also included discussions on piracy, fisheries protection, comparisons between the law of armed conflict and maritime law enforcement, rules of engagement, and rules for the use of force.

PCG: Rear Admiral Luis M Tuason Jr PCG led the closing ceremony of the three (3) day seminar on Maritime Law Enforcement and Law of the Sea held at the National Coast Watch Center, Headquarters Philippine Coast Guard today, March 15.

The said seminar conducted by Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) aimed to enhance institutional capacity in the areas of international law on military operations and maritime law enforcement. It tackled the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and focused on regional maritime issues.

The seminar also included discussions on piracy, fisheries protection, comparisons between the law of armed conflict and maritime law enforcement, rules of engagement, and rules for the use of force.

Members of the Federal Parliament of Somalia and United Nations staff pose for a group photograph during a Workshop for the Parliamentary group on the implementation of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in Mogadishu, Somalia on September 12, 2017. UN Photo / Omar Abdisalan

The CSIS Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies is pleased to host a Banyan Tree Leadership Forum featuring Antonio T. Carpio, Senior Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.

The lecture will discuss China’s nine-dash line claim as the root cause of the South China Sea disputes, and show how it encroaches on the maritime zones of other coastal states. It will argue that the recent creation by China of artificial islands in the Spratlys is part of a design by China to control the South China Sea for economic and military purposes. The lecture will explain how the nine-dash line claim, and the activities by China to enforce it, violate the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and threaten peace, security, and stability in the region. The lecture will argue that the nine-dash line claim has no historical basis and that throughout Chinese history, the southernmost territory of China has been Hainan Island. The lecture will suggest a possible resolution of the dispute whereby China would return to the original intent of the 1947 nine-dash line, articulated by President Ma Ying-Jeou of Taiwan, as a claim to islands and their maritime zones that are recognized under international law.

Justice Carpio studied law at the University of the Philippines’ College of Law, and was admitted to the bar in 1975. He immediately went into private practice, establishing Carpio Villaraza and Cruz LLP. In 1992, Justice Carpio was appointed Chief Presidential Legal Counsel in the Office of the President of the Philippines, and on October 26, 2001, he was sworn in as a member of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. Justice Carpio has received the Presidential Medal of Merit, the Outstanding Achievement in Law Award from the Ateneo de Manila Alumni Association, and an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Ateneo de Davao University.

Follow the event on Twitter@SoutheastAsiaDC ǀ@CSIS ǀ #CSISLive

Programs

CSIS Sumitro Djojohadikusumo Banyan Tree Leadership Forum, Sumitro Chair for Southeast Asia Studies

Topics

Defense and Security

Regions

Southeast Asia

Seminar on legal issues relating to maritime autonomous surface ships (MASS), including matters arising from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)(17 April 2023), held during the second session of the Joint MSC-LEG-FAL MASS Working Group.