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This continues the JAPAN Forward history series focusing on the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). The world was undergoing major political transformations as its three universal conferences of 1958, 1960, and 1973-82 took place. With 169 parties to the convention, achieving an equitable compromise on its terms was not […]
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. recently signed the Philippine Maritime Zones Act or R.A. 12064 and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act or RA 12065 which are both landmark decisions that will assert the country’s territorial integrity and rights over all its maritime zones, including the West Philippine Sea (WPS). According to Senate President pro tempore […]