1954
CONTINENTAL SHELF PROCLAMATION 1954
Laws of Brunei, Supplement II; revised edition 1984 · Legal instrument
Key instruments
Legal instruments and official documents and statements, ordered by year.
Legal instruments
1966
CONTINENTAL SHELF ACT 1966
Laws of Malaysia, Act 83; official reprint 2006 · Legal instrument
1982
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations · Legal instrument
1983
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM FISHERY LIMITS ACT
Laws of Brunei, Chapter 130; revised edition 2012 · Legal instrument
1983
TERRITORIAL WATERS OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM ACT
Laws of Brunei, Chapter 138; revised edition 2020 · Legal instrument
1983
Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 5 of 1983 on Indonesia's Exclusive Economic Zone
Lembaran Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1983 Nomor 44; JDIH BPK · Legal instrument
1984
EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ACT 1984
Laws of Malaysia, Act 311; official reprint · Legal instrument
1992
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone
中华人民共和国外交部 · Legal instrument
1994
PROCLAMATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE
Brunei Darussalam Government Gazette, S 4/1994, published 26 March 1994 · Legal instrument
1994
Resolution on Ratification of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Cổng thông tin điện tử Bộ Công Thương · Legal instrument
1998
Act on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of the Republic of China
全國法規資料庫 · Legal instrument
1998
Law of the People's Republic of China on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf
中华人民共和国外交部 · Legal instrument
2006
Maritime Zones Baselines Act 2006
Undang-Undang Malaysia, Akta 660; cetakan semula 2012 · Legal instrument
2009
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3046, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5446, TO DEFINE THE ARCHIPELAGIC BASELINE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Republic Act No. 9522; Supreme Court E-Library · Legal instrument
2009
First Announcement of the Baselines of the Territorial Sea and Outer Limits of the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone of the Republic of China
行政院院臺建字第0980097355號令; official revised text · Legal instrument
2012
Law of the Sea of Viet Nam, No. 18/2012/QH13
Quốc hội Việt Nam · Legal instrument
2012
TERRITORIAL SEA ACT 2012
Laws of Malaysia, Act 750 · Legal instrument
2015
Law on Marine and Island Resources and Environment
Cổng thông tin điện tử Chính phủ · Legal instrument
2015
Decree No. 71/2015/ND-CP on Management of Activities of Persons and Vehicles in the Maritime Border Areas of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
Công báo nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam · Legal instrument
2015
The South China Sea Arbitration: Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility
Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to UNCLOS; PCA registry · Legal instrument
2016
The South China Sea Arbitration: Award
Arbitral Tribunal constituted under Annex VII to UNCLOS; PCA registry · Legal instrument
2017
Law on Fisheries
Công báo nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam · Legal instrument
2018
Law on the Viet Nam Coast Guard
Cổng thông tin điện tử Chính phủ · Legal instrument
2023
Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction
United Nations · Legal instrument
2023
Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf of the Republic of China
全國法規資料庫; version amended 27 December 2023 · Legal instrument
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 · Legal instrument
2024
An Act Declaring the Maritime Zones under the Jurisdiction of the Republic of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 12064)
Congress of the Philippines · Legal instrument
2024
An Act Providing for the Establishment of Archipelagic Sea Lanes in the Philippine Archipelagic Waters, Prescribing the Obligations of Foreign Ships and Aircraft Exercising the Right of Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage (Republic Act No. 12065)
Congress of the Philippines · Legal instrument
2024
Statement of the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Territorial Sea Baselines of Huangyan Dao (Scarborough Shoal)
中华人民共和国政府 (Government of the People’s Republic of China) · Legal instrument
Official documents and statements
1958
Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea
中华人民共和国外交部 · Official document
1982
Statement of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Baseline Used to Measure the Breadth of Viet Nam’s Territorial Sea
Government of Viet Nam · Official document
1996
Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Baselines of the Territorial Sea
中华人民共和国外交部 · Official document
2002
Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea
ASEAN Member States and China · Official document
2004
Terms of Reference of the ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the Implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea
ASEAN-China Joint Working Group on the Implementation of the DOC · Official document
2009
Joint submission by Malaysia and Viet Nam to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
Governments of Malaysia and Viet Nam · Official document
2009
CML/17/2009
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2009
CML/18/2009
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2009
86/HC-2009
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2009
Brunei Darussalam's Preliminary Submission to the Secretary-General concerning the Outer Limits of its Continental Shelf
Preliminary information; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2009
240/HC-2009
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2010
480/POL-703/VII/10
Nota diplomatik; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2011
Guidelines for the Implementation of the DOC
ASEAN Member States and China · Official document
2011
CML/8/2011
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2011
77/HC-2011
Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf · Official document
2013
PROCEDURAL ORDER Nº 1
PCA Case No. 2013-19: The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China · Official document
2014
PROCEDURAL ORDER Nº 2
PCA Case No. 2013-19: The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China · Official document
2014
CHINA: MARITIME CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Limits in the Seas, No. 143 · Official document
2014
Position Paper of the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines
Government of the People’s Republic of China · Official document
2014
PROCEDURAL ORDER Nº 3
PCA Case No. 2013-19: The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China · Official document
2015
PROCEDURAL ORDER Nº 4
PCA Case No. 2013-19: The Republic of the Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China · Official document
2015
South China Sea Peace Initiative
中華民國外交部 — 南海諸島之主權聲明及投書 · Official document
2015
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China on the South China Sea Arbitral Tribunal's Award on Jurisdiction and Admissibility in the Case Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines
中华人民共和国外交部 · Official document
2016
Statement of the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Territorial Sovereignty and Maritime Rights and Interests in the South China Sea
Government of the People’s Republic of China · Official document
2016
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the Award Made by the Tribunal in the South China Sea Arbitration Established at the Request of the Republic of the Philippines
中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) · Official document
2016
Position of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China on the South China Sea Arbitration
中華民國外交部 — 聲明及回應, 第002號 · Official document
2016
Statement by the Foreign Minister on the Arbitral Tribunal's Final Award in the South China Sea Arbitration between the Philippines and China
外務大臣談話 · Official document
2016
China Adheres to Resolving Relevant Disputes between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea through Negotiation
国务院新闻办公室白皮书 (State Council Information Office White Paper) · Official document
2016
Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the Award rendered in the Arbitration between the Republic of the Philippines and the People's Republic of China
Council of the European Union — declaration · Official document
2016
Canadian statement on South China Sea Arbitration
Minister of Foreign Affairs — statement · Official document
2016
Japan-United States-Australia Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement
Sixth ministerial meeting of the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue, Vientiane · Official document
2016
Joint Statement on the Application of the Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea in the South China Sea
19th ASEAN-China Summit, Vientiane · Official document
2017
DECLARATION FOR A DECADE OF COASTAL AND MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (2017-2027)
20th ASEAN-China Summit, Manila · Official document
2019
E3 joint statement on the situation in the South China Sea
Joint statement by the United Kingdom, France and Germany · Official document
2019
Partial submission by Malaysia in respect of the South China Sea
Government of Malaysia · Official document
2020
Note Verbale No. 22/HC-2020 dated 30 March 2020
Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations · Official document
2020
Communication from Indonesia dated 2020-05-26
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations · Official document
2020
Chairman’s Statement of the 36th ASEAN Summit 26 June 2020 Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN
36th ASEAN Summit · Official document
2020
U.S. Position on Maritime Claims in the South China Sea
Secretary of State — press statement · Official document
2020
STATEMENT ON THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — official statement · Official document
2020
Communication from Australia dated 2020-07-23
Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations · Official document
2020
Communication from Malaysia dated 2020-07-29
Permanent Mission of Malaysia to the United Nations · Official document
2020
HA 30/20
Note verbale; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2020
Communication from United Kingdom dated 2020-09-16
Permanent Mission of United Kingdom to the United Nations · Official document
2021
SC/21/002
Note verbale; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2021
Recent incidents in the South China Sea
Australian Government — official statement · Official document
2022
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: MARITIME CLAIMS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
Limits in the Seas, No. 150 · Official document
2022
China Is Committed to Maintaining Peace, Stability and Order in the South China Sea
涉南海问题立场文件 (Position Papers on the South China Sea) · Official document
2022
JOINT STATEMENT ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION ON THE CONDUCT OF PARTIES IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
25th ASEAN-China Summit, Phnom Penh · Official document
2023
Joint Communique of The 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting · Official document
2024
Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on Territorial Sea Baselines in the Northern Gulf of Tonkin
中华人民共和国外交部 · Official document
2024
HA 37/2024
Note verbale; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2024
China’s Marine Ecological Environment Protection
国务院新闻办公室白皮书 (State Council Information Office White Paper) · Official document
2024
Partial submission by Viet Nam in respect of the Central Area (VNM-C)
Government of Viet Nam · Official document
2024
Joint Communiqué of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting · Official document
2024
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the Republic of the Philippines’ Enactment of the “Maritime Zones Act” and the “Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act”
中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) · Official document
2025
Plan of Action to Implement the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (2026-2030)
ASEAN-China Post-Ministerial Conference 10+1 · Official document
2025
Declaration of the Government of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Baselines for Measuring the Breadth of the Territorial Sea in the Gulf of Tonkin
Cổng thông tin điện tử Chính phủ · Official document
2025
Note No. 244-2025
Note verbale; United Nations DOALOS/CLCS · Official document
2025
Joint Communiqué of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting · Official document
2026
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on Certain Countries’ Playing up of the “South China Sea Arbitration Award” 10 Years After Its Issuance
中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) · Official document
2026
Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China on the Delimitation of the So-Called “Baselines of the Territorial Sea” of China’s Territory of Huangyan Dao by the Republic of the Philippines
中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China) · Official document