2016 Arbitral Award

Materials on the arbitration between the Philippines and China, the Tribunal's award of 12 July 2016, and related analysis and responses.

101 documents — Page 1 of 5

202612 Jul 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) · 中华人民共和国外交部 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China)
Official documentPublished in China · GovernmentOpen access
20254 Nov 2025
Understanding the South China Sea Crisis: State Claims, International Interventions, and Implications
Abdussalam Giuma A. Triki · Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in United States · Academic
202526 Mar 2025
UNCLOS and the South China Sea
John Rennie Short · Hedging and Conflict in the South China Sea
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
2025Year only
Beyond Compliance: The Impact of International Arbitration on the South China Sea Disputes
Christian Schultheiss · Contemporary Southeast Asia
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in Singapore · State-affiliated
202422 Feb 2024
The South China Sea Arbitration
Mary Jude Cantorias Marvel · International Courts versus Non-Compliance Mechanisms
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
2024Year only
THE EXTENT AND LEGITIMACY OF THE JUDICIAL FUNCTION IN UNCLOS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT
Douglas Guilfoyle, Joanna Mossop · International and Comparative Law Quarterly
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in United Kingdom · AcademicOpen access
2024Year only
The South China Sea Arbitration After Eight Years: Its Implications for Jurisprudence and Third Parties
Yoshifumi Tanaka · International Law Studies
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in United States · GovernmentOpen access
2024Year only
The South China Sea Arbitration Award (Philippines v. China) and the Rule of Law at Sea
Kazuhiro Nakatani · The Kaleidoscope of International Law
Book chapterPublished in Singapore · Academic
20237 Oct 2023
The Interpretation of Article 121(3) of UNCLOS in the 2016 South China Sea Arbitration Award
Christine Pichel · The International Legal Order in the XXIst Century / L’ordre juridique international au XXIeme siècle / El órden jurídico internacional en el siglo XXI
Book chapterPublished in Netherlands · Academic
202329 Jun 2023
China, UNCLOS and the Future of International Maritime Law in the South China Sea
Jeffrey Becker · The United Nations, Indo-Pacific and Korean Peninsula
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
202314 Jun 2023
Authoritarian Propaganda Campaigns on Foreign Affairs: Four Birds, One Stone, and the South China Sea Arbitration
Andrew Chubb, Frances Yaping Wang · International Studies Quarterly
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in United Kingdom · Academic
2023Year only
The Defaulting State and the South China Sea Arbitration
Alfredo C. Robles · Springer Nature Singapore
BookPublished in Singapore · Academic
2023Year only
The Defaulting State and the Experts in the South China Sea Arbitration
Alfredo C. Robles · The Defaulting State and the South China Sea Arbitration
Book chapterPublished in Singapore · Academic
2023Year only
The Defaulting State and Fact-Finding in the South China Sea Arbitration
Alfredo C. Robles · The Defaulting State and the South China Sea Arbitration
Book chapterPublished in Singapore · Academic
2023Year only
CHINA’S SOUTH CHINA SEA CLAIMS, THE HISTORIC RIGHTS DEBATE AND THE MIDDLE APPROACH OF ISLAMIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
Salawati Mat Basir, Saidatul Nadia Abd Aziz et al. · Journal of International Studies
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in Malaysia · AcademicOpen access
202231 Dec 2022
Thucydides at Sea: Chinese Perspectives on International Law and the South China Sea Dispute in an Evolving International Order
Sandra Magalang · Philippine Law Journal
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in Philippines · Academic
20228 Aug 2022
The South China Sea Arbitration
Stefan Talmon · Brill | Nijhoff
BookPublished in Netherlands · Academic
202229 Jul 2022
History of the South China Sea Arbitration
Stefan Talmon · The South China Sea Arbitration
Book chapterPublished in Netherlands · Academic
202229 Jul 2022
Beyond the South China Sea Arbitration
Stefan Talmon · The South China Sea Arbitration
Book chapterPublished in Netherlands · Academic
202227 Feb 2022
The Unfortunate Wording of Article 121(3) of unclos and Its Interpretation in the 2016 South China Sea Arbitration Award
Christine Pichel · Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy
Peer-reviewed articlePublished in Germany · Academic
202119 May 2021
The territorial sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea
Ted L. McDorman · Routledge Handbook of the South China Sea
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
202119 May 2021
Historic rights and the South China Sea
Sophia Kopela · Routledge Handbook of the South China Sea
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
202119 May 2021
Competing maritime claims and enduring disputes in the South China Sea
Clive Schofield · Routledge Handbook of the South China Sea
Book chapterPublished in United Kingdom · Academic
202120 Mar 2021
The Regime of Islands: A Critical Examination of the Philippines–China Arbitral Award on the Legal Status of Islands
島の制度 : 島の法的地位に対する比中仲裁裁判判決への批判的検討
林秀鳳 · Doshisha University
ThesisPublished in Japan · AcademicOpen access