Table of Philippine Claims and Tribunal Rulings*

Submission Jurisdictional
Philippines’ Claim Merits Ruling
Number Ruling

(Deferred to Yes: UNCLOS

merits stage) comprehensively
China’s maritime entitlements in South China allocates rights to
1 Sea may not exceed those established by maritime areas
UNCLOS Jurisdiction
granted
Philippines win

Yes: There is no legal

basis for China to claim
(Deferred to historic rights to waters in
merits stage) the South China Sea (so,
China’s “nine-dash line” claim is invalid to
to the extent that is what
the extent it exceeds the limits established
2 the nine-dash line means,
by UNCLOS
Jurisdiction it is invalid)
granted

Philippines win

Yes: Scarborough Shoal is

a rock that generates no
Scarborough Shoal generates no EEZ or EEZ
continental shelf Jurisdiction
3
granted
Philippines win

Yes: Mischief Reef,

Mischief Reef, Second Thomas Shoal, and Second Thomas Shoal,
Subi Reef are all LTEs that do not generate and Subi Reef are LTEs
territorial seas or EEZs, and are not subject Jurisdiction
4
to appropriation granted
Philippines win

Mischief Reef and Second Thomas Shoal are Yes: Mischief Reef and
(Deferred to Second Thomas Shoal are
part of the Philippines’ EEZ and continental
5 merits stage) part of the EEZ and
shelf
continental shelf of the
Philippines
 Jurisdiction
granted
Philippines win

No: Both Gaven and

McKennan Reef are above
Gaven Reef and McKennan Reef (including water at high tide; they
Hughes Reef) are LTEs that generate no are rocks that generate
maritime entitlements, but may be used to Jurisdiction territorial seas but no EEZ
6 determine baselines to measure territorial or continental shelf
granted
sea

Philippines loss

Yes: Johnson Reef,

Cuarterton Reef, and
Fiery Cross Reef are rocks
Johnson Reef, Cuarterton Reef, and Fiery
that generate no EEZ or
Cross Reef generate no entitlements to EEZ Jurisdiction
7 continental shelf
or continental shelf granted

Philippines win

Yes: China has interfered

(Deferred to with Philippine sovereign
China has interfered with the Philippines’ merits stage) rights to fishing and
exercise of sovereign rights over living and hydrocarbon exploration
8 non-living resources within its EEZ and within its EEZ
continental shelf Jurisdiction
granted
Philippines win

Yes: China failed to

(Reserved to
prevent Chinese
merits stage)
China has failed to prevent its nationals and fishermen from fishing
vessels from exploiting the living resources in within the Philippine EEZ
9 the Philippines’ EEZ
Jurisdiction
granted
Philippines win
 Yes: China violated the
Philippines’ “traditional
China has prevented Philippine fishermen
fishing rights” at
from pursuing their livelihoods through
Jurisdiction Scarborough Shoal
10 traditional fishing activities around
Scarborough Shoal granted

Philippines win

Yes: China engaged in

environmentally harmful
fishing/harvesting
China has violated UNCLOS’s environmental practices at Scarborough
protection obligations at Scarborough Shoal Jurisdiction Shoal and Second Thomas
11 and Second Thomas Shoal Shoal
granted

Philippines win

Yes: Environmental
protection provisions
were violated at Mischief
Reef; artificial island
(Deferred to construction violated
China’s occupation and construction on
merits stage) Philippine sovereign
Mischief Reef violate UNCLOS provisions on
rights within its EEZ; the
artificial islands and environmental
12 “appropriation” claim is
protection, and are unlawful acts of
Jurisdiction moot because Mischief
attempted appropriation
granted Reef is an LTE not capable
of appropriation

Philippines win

Yes: China violated

UNCLOS and other treaty
China has violated UNCLOS by dangerously
provisions on maritime
operating law enforcement vessels creating
Jurisdiction safety
13 serious risk of collision near Scarborough
Shoal granted

Philippines win
 Yes: Although there is no
jurisdiction over disputes
involving military
activities such as the
China has unlawfully aggravated and
Second Thomas Shoal
extended the dispute by interfering with the (Deferred to
Philippines’ rights of navigation near merits stage) standoff, China has
aggravated/extended the
Scarborough Shoal, preventing the rotation
disputes through recent
14 and resupply of Philippine personnel
Jurisdiction large-scale land
stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, and
granted in reclamation and artificial
endangering the health of the personnel
island construction in the
there part, denied in
part Philippine EEZ

Philippines win

(Deferred to Qualified yes: This claim

Going forward China shall respect the rights merits stage) simply asks China to do
and freedoms of the Philippines under what it is required to do
15 UNCLOS and comply with its duties under under UNCLOS; therefore,
UNCLOS Jurisdiction no further statement is
granted necessary