南シナ海をめぐる中国の主張や行動は国連海洋法条約違反などとしてフィリピンが
申し立てた仲裁手続きで、オランダ・ハーグの仲裁裁判所は１２日、中国が「歴史的権利」
として主張する「九段線」について国際法上の根拠は認められないとの裁定を公表した。
China has lost a key international legal case over strategic
reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over
disputed waters of the South China Sea.
The judgment by an international tribunal in The
Hague is overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines
and will increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale
back military expansion in the sensitive area.
By depriving certain outcrops – some of which are exposed
only at low tide – of territorial-generating status, the
ruling effectively punches holes in China’s all-encompassing
“nine-dash” demarcation line that stretches deep into the
South China Sea. It declares large areas of the sea to be
neutral international waters.
The findings by the Hague tribunal contain a series of criticisms
of China’s actions and claims. The court declares that “although
Chinese navigators and fishermen, as well as those of other
states, had historically made use of the islands in the South
China Sea, there was no evidence that China had
historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or
their resources.
“The tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China
to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas
falling within the ‘nine-dash line’.”
申し立てた仲裁手続きで、オランダ・ハーグの仲裁裁判所は１２日、中国が「歴史的権利」
として主張する「九段線」について国際法上の根拠は認められないとの裁定を公表した。
China has lost a key international legal case over strategic
reefs and atolls that it claims would give it control over
disputed waters of the South China Sea.
The judgment by an international tribunal in The
Hague is overwhelmingly in favour of claims by the Philippines
and will increase global diplomatic pressure on Beijing to scale
back military expansion in the sensitive area.
By depriving certain outcrops – some of which are exposed
only at low tide – of territorial-generating status, the
ruling effectively punches holes in China’s all-encompassing
“nine-dash” demarcation line that stretches deep into the
South China Sea. It declares large areas of the sea to be
neutral international waters.
The findings by the Hague tribunal contain a series of criticisms
of China’s actions and claims. The court declares that “although
Chinese navigators and fishermen, as well as those of other
states, had historically made use of the islands in the South
China Sea, there was no evidence that China had
historically exercised exclusive control over the waters or
their resources.
“The tribunal concluded that there was no legal basis for China
to claim historic rights to resources within the sea areas
falling within the ‘nine-dash line’.”
