South China Sea Arbitration

On 22 January 2013, the Republic of the Philippines instituted arbitral proceedings against the People''s Republic of China (PRC) under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with regard to disputes between the two countries in the South China Sea (South China Sea Arbitration). On 19 February 2013, the PRC formally expressed its opposition to the institution of proceedings, m...