US helps PH strengthen maritime domain awareness The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is helping its Philippine counterpart strengthen the country's maritime domain awareness. DILG supports LGUs in protecting municipal…
Esperon belies harassment reports on PH fisherfolk in WPS National Security Adviser (NSA) Hermogenes Esperon Jr. on Friday belied reports of alleged harassment of Filipino fishermen in the West Philippine…
Lorenzana says West PH Sea situation stable The situation in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) is stable right now as Filipino vessels are able to conduct their patrol without getting…
China, ASEAN agree to avoid provocations in South China Sea Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia and China agreed during a meeting to exercise restraint in the South China Sea and…
The Advocate General calls for additional requirements to be satisfied in order for an individual arbitration agreement in intra-EU investment arbitration to be compatible with EU law On April 22,…
AFP says illegal structures spotted off WPS not new The military on Saturday clarified that the illegal structures earlier spotted during a maritime patrol at the West Philippine Sea…
California appellate court overturns arbitration award that violated Plaintiff’s statutory right to work The arbitrator determined that Brown violated the confidentiality provisions of his employment agreement when he attached…
Navy deploys more in West PH Sea with new China Coast Guard law New Philippine military chief Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana flags the new China Coast Guard law as…
Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook 2020-2021 – Philippines An International Arbitration Yearbook focused on the Philippines covering years 2020-2021 US carrier group enters South China Sea amid Taiwan tensions…
The IILS publishes books and pamphlets on different issues in international law. Our Recent publications include the following: Perspectives on Terrorism in the Philippine Context This book is the…
US destroyer sails through South China Sea waters China claims USS Barry undertook ‘freedom of navigation operation’ in area Beijing claims as under Chinese jurisdiction. Are Beijing’s bold moves in…
What the South China Sea tells us about the new geopolitics of Southeast Asia China’s actions in the South China Sea show what the next stage of geopolitics in Southeast…
Chinese vessels likely to stay near Pag-asa Island, says Esperon China will likely continue “occupying space” in the West Philippine Sea by deploying what appear to be fishing vessels near…
Trump-Trọng Summit Remains in Limbo With repeated Chinese intrusions into oil-rich Vanguard Bank and anticipated departure of ExxonMobil from the Blue Whale project, the South China Sea dispute has reached…
‘Joint oil exploration in WPS to tie PHL’s hands’ AN expert at a leading American think tank said the Philippines’s assertion of sovereignty will be impaired if it actively participates…
The July 12 ruling exposed China’s strategy Exactly a year ago, the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) was invoked to mediate in the brewing dispute between the Philippines and China…
Philippine Supreme Court reiterates that non-signatories cannot invoke arbitration clauses In the recent case of Stronghold Insurance Company, Inc. v Spouses Rune and Lea Stroem (“Stronghold”),the Philippine Supreme Court held…