20259 Jul 2025
Joint Communiqué of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Association of Southeast Asian Nations · ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Research materials on the South China Sea (East Sea), with verified sources
An index of research articles, books, reports and instruments on maritime issues, selected by an independent researcher. Each entry has a short summary, an origin label and a link to the original.
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Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2026-2030)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Government of the People's Republic of China · ASEAN-China Post-Ministerial Conference 10+1
- 20247 Nov 2024
- 20247 Nov 2024
An Act Declaring the Maritime Zones under the Jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 12064)
Congress of the Philippines · Congress of the Philippines
- 202425 Jul 2024
Joint Communiqué of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Association of Southeast Asian Nations · ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
- 202421 May 2024
Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (Request for Advisory Opinion submitted to the Tribunal)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea · International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
Topic index
See all topics- International law & UNCLOS296 items
- 2016 Arbitral Award101 items
- Sovereignty & historical records158 items
- Security & military249 items
- Gray-zone & maritime law enforcement85 items
- Diplomacy, DOC & COC291 items
- Major-power relations & geopolitics322 items
- Maritime economy & energy132 items
- Fisheries & fishers131 items
- Marine environment & ecology336 items
- Vietnam's maritime policy & law74 items
- Maritime disputes worldwide (comparative)38 items
Key instruments
All 91 instruments1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations · Legal instrument
2002
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea
ASEAN Member States and China · Official document
2012
Law of the Sea of Viet Nam, No. 18/2012/QH13
Quốc hội Việt Nam · Legal instrument
2016
The South China Sea Arbitration: Award
Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to UNCLOS; PCA registry · Legal instrument