polgeonow, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to Philippines

#Philippines this week removed floating barrier placed by #China to complete its control over interior lagoon of disputed #ScarboroughShoal in #SouthChinaSea. https://apnews.com/article/china-philippines-south-sea-barrier-scarborough-68163cbe8c5b3ad7844dfecad71bce9c

#disputedterritory #disputedterritories #SCS #geography #geopolitics #maritime #maritimejurisdiction #LawOfTheSea #internationallaw @geography @geopolitics

Annevelink_AD, 10 months ago to security

China continues abuse on fishing boats and aircraft, despite the Philippines-China arbitration ruling. It wants to claim the entire sea. It has rammed, used water canons also on very small fishing boats of poor people. It disregards rules on fishing and marine environment.
https://www.dw.com
#UNCLOS #lawofthesea #security #military #NATO #ASEAN #Asian #abuse #humanrights #InternationalLaw
@PIL @pil @humanrights
@hrw_ph
@humanrightswatch
#gruene #marine #ecology #environment

polgeonow, 10 months ago to colombia

UN's International Court of Justice (#ICJ) ruled this week that #Nicaragua can't claim economic rights to the seabed (#continentalshelf) in zone where rights to ocean resources normally would default to #Colombia.

https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/154/154-20230713-pre-01-00-en.pdf

#seaborders #geography #Caribbean #maritimejurisdiction #maritime #internationallaw #LawOfTheSea @geography @PIL @geopolitics