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India’s approach to maritime disputes: lessons for Beijing in the South China Sea?
Posted By Mercedes Page on November 25, 2015 @ 11:00
'Where the coasts of two States are opposite or adjacent to each other, neither of the two States is entitled, failing agreement between them to the contrary, to extend its territorial sea beyond the median line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial seas of each of the two States is measured.'
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[1] Image: http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/16508471364_b3de79f8b0_z.jpg
[2] finally conducted: http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2015/10/27/US-Launches-FoNOPS-in-the-South-China-Sea-Better-Late-than-Never.aspx
[3] he Republic of Philippines v. The People’s Republic of China,: http://www.pcacases.com/web/sendAttach/1503
[4] has jurisdiction: http://amti.csis.org/the-battle-of-the-hague-philippines-v-china-in-the-south-china-sea/
[5] The Hague’s Arbitration Tribunal on the India–Bangladesh Maritime Delimitation: http://www.pca-cpa.org/showpage5a3b.html?pag_id=1376
[6] which disappeared in 2011 due to rising sea levels: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/24/new-moore-island-disappea_n_511162.html?ir=Australia
[7] Article 15 UNCLOS 1982: http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/unclos_e.pdf
[8] counter claim was based on the principle of equity: http://hsfnotes.com/arbitration/2014/07/15/unclos-annex-vii-tribunal-decides-bangladesh-india-maritime-boundary-dispute/
[9] India was potentially entitled to both zones : http://www.pca-cpa.org/BD-IN%2020140707%20Award2890.pdf?fil_id=2705
[10] long history of border tensions: http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2014/04/08/a-view-from-the-india-bangladesh-border/
[11] embraced: http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/un-tribunal-resolves-40-year-old-maritime-dispute-between-india-and-bangladesh-587571
[12] commended: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/07/08/uk-bangladesh-india-seaborder-idUKKBN0FD15N20140708
[13] land and border disputes: http://thediplomat.com/2015/05/india-set-to-resolve-border-dispute-with-bangladesh/
[14] repeatedly stresses: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/07/xi-jinping-says-china-wants-south-china-sea-issue-resolved-peacefully
[15] still subject to international law and need to abide by internationally agreed principles: http://www.manilatimes.net/india-backs-ph-in-china-sea-row/168539/
[16] refusing to acknowledge the ongoing tribunal proceedings: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/11/04/15/china-repeats-will-not-accept-south-china-sea-arbitration-case
[17] undermines the credibility of UNCLOS: https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/17237#sthash.RprTHqpG.dpuf
[18] binding under UNCLOS Article 288: http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part15.htm
[19] legal analysis of the case: http://thediplomat.com/2015/11/a-legal-analysis-of-the-philippine-china-arbitration-ruling/
[20] won’t be easy: http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/3-ways-china-could-respond-to-unclos-ruling/