That ruling was clear-cut and conclusive, and immediately rejected by China. In 2016, a United Nations Law of the Sea Convention Tribunal ruled unanimously that China’s claim had no basis in international law.
It was up to the Philippines, as the other nation with possible claims on the region, to separately challenge the legality of China’s nine-dash line claim under the law of the sea. In addition to China continuously advancing its position regarding the legitimacy of the nine-dash line, countries including Australia, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, United Kingdom, and Vietnam have rebutted China’s assertions.īut the commission is not a court and is comprised of scientists who assess continental shelf claims. Since then the commission has become something of a de facto legal battleground for various views regarding the status of the nine-dash line. It turned out, however, that this was not a widely known or shared view by the international community. The above position is consistently held by the Chinese Government, and is widely known by the international community. A 2009 joint Malaysia/Vietnam submission to the United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf highlighted competing claims over the continental shelf in the South China Sea, which is what sparked the current controversy.Ĭhina made a formal diplomatic response to the UN claiming:Ĭhina has indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and the adjacent waters, and enjoys indisputable sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the relevant waters as well as the seabed and subsoil thereof (see attached map).Ĭhina attached a copy of the nine-dash line map to its formal diplomatic protest to the Malaysia/Vietnam submission and added
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