On Thursday, 11 July – the eve of the eighth anniversary of the award in the arbitration instituted by the Republic of the Philippines against the People’s Republic of China concerning the South China Sea – the European Union reiterated that this award represented a milestone in the peaceful resolution of disputes in the region.
Issued by the tribunal constituted under Annex VII to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), the award notably concludes that the...