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For us to understand that, maybe it's good to give a little background of yung maritime entitlements, no?

So, starting from the island, there are three kinds of islands kasi.

Under UNCLOS, well, first principle is you cannot own the water without the land.

So, you cannot go to the Pacific Ocean using your GPS coordinates A to B to C to D to A is yours.

It's not possible. The law does not allow that.

For any country to have maritime entitlement, it must be anchored on the land.

This is the principle of land dominating the sea.

One can only have entitlements over the sea provided there is a land over which he has entitlement or a right.

So, talagang gawin natin, sir, ang entitlement karapatan?

Karapatan. So, for example, kung ito yung isla, meron din akong karapatan sa tubig.

Pero kung wala yung isla, hindi ako pwede magkaroon ng karapatan sa tubig.

Ito rin yung sinasabi ng China, doon sa nine-dash line niya, meron daw siyang historic rights over that historic waters.

That's not true na pinabulaan na niya ng tribunal.

Pero before going to that, going back to the principle, land dominates.

It's the sea. Hindi ka pwede magkaroon ng entitlement nang wala yung lupa.

Pero may tatlong klaseng lupa na tinatawag o isla.

Yung unang classification, under Article 121 ng UNDOS, yung tinatawag nating naturally formed islands.

So, yung naturally formed islands will generate the maximum entitlement all the way to exclusive economic zone, which is 200.

Pero meron din isang klase ng isla, quote-unquote.

Pero hindi naman talaga siya isla na naturally formed island capable of sustaining human habitation.

Ito yung nagtawag nating bato or rock.

Ang pinakaiba niya doon sa naturally formed island, yung unang category na minention ko.

Yung una, if it is capable of sustaining human habitation on its own, tsaka economic life on its own,

then it will generate the full entitlement up to 200.

Pero if it is just a rock, a rock means hindi siya capable of sustaining human habitation,

and economic life on its own, hindi artificial, ang magigenerate niya lang, 12 nautical miles.

Pero may ikatlong klase.

Ito yung tinatawag nating low tide elevation.

Ito yung pagpumunta sa Kamigin, merong sand shoal.

Ang ganda, no?

Pag low tide, nakikita mo, and then you can go there.

Pero nawawala siya pag high tide.

Pag nawala siya ng high tide, yung sand na yan, ang tawag dyan low tide elevation.

Under international law,

yung low tide elevation na yan is not an island that will generate maritime entitlement.

It is but a continental shelf.

As a continental shelf, kaninong continental shelf siya is a question of proximity.

So kung nandun siya within 200 ng isang coastal state, continental shelf siya exclusive nung state na yan.

Which in this case, the Philippines.

The Philippines.

And by the way, it's not a territory.

So since it's not a territory, there cannot be a territorial dispute over that.

Tagalogin natin, sir, yung continental shelf.

Okay?

Yung continental shelf po, mapapansin ninyo, pag nagpupunta kayo sa Boracay, meron pong lupa.

Wala naman po kasing isla na lumulutang on its own.

Meron po siyang continuity ng lupa.

Yung lupa na yun, na submerged below the water.

Yan po yung tinatawag natin yung continental shelf.

So yung continental shelf na po yan, from the low water mark, diba?

Ang low water mark, yan po yung baseline.

If it's a normal baseline.

Yung low water mark po, pagpunta kayo sa Boracay, may dalawa kayong nakikitang linya.

Yung linya na nakikreate ng high tide, tapos yung linya na nakikreate ng low tide.

Yung po yung low water mark, yung low tide na.

Diyan po, pababa, yan ang continental shelf mo.

Magbilang ka ng 200, sa'yo yun.

At yung ayung insol, pasok doon sa 200?

Pasok po sa 200.

So ating yan?

So ang sinabi po ng arbitration, and the law, the arbitral tribunal simply confirmed what international principles say.

And they confirmed na, yung number one, question of fact.

Ano ba yung ayung insol?

So on the question of fact, isla ba to? Bato ba to? O low tide elevation?

So ang sabi ng tribunal, factually, objectively, based on science, hindi po hulaan na, hindi arbitrary, but based on science,

ito pong ayung insol, is low tide elevation.

Ang ibig pong sabihin nun, pag high tide, nawawala siya.

At hindi po, ang basehan nila, hindi dahil sinabi ni Juan, ni Pedro, o sinuman.

But dahil sa pag-aaral, pag-apply ng science,

satellite, et cetera, na confirmed nila na talagang nawawala ito during high tide.

Ergo, ang conclusion, factually, objectively, ito pong ayung insol, low tide elevation.

So once you have answered the question, low tide elevation siya, ano ngayon ang implication niya?

So ang implication niya, under international law, as a low tide elevation, number one, hindi siya pwedeng mag-generate ng maritime entitlement.

Number two, continental.

Number three, as to the question of kaninong continental shelf,

minessure niya kung ano yung malapit na coastal state,

minessure niya yung 200, lumabas sa kanyang pag-aaral, na yung wala tayong kalaban.

Walang overlap doon.

Claro na continental shelf siya dahil nasa 200 ng Pilipinas.

Napakalinaw. Tsaka pag tininan po natin yung mga parang napakalayo ng China, doon sa yung insol, sila yung garapal na nag-i-encroach.

Hindi lang yun. Kahit na pagpalagin natin yung mga ibang bato doon, disputed, pagpalagin natin may ibang mankin o may ibang nakatira,

wala pong maritime entitlement yung mga bato niyan na lalagpas o magko-cover sa iyong insol.

So in effect, talagang undisputedly ours.

Okay. Pero yun nga, undisputedly, malinaw po sa batas, no?

So maling sabihin, let's say even in reports na yung ayung insol,

is disputed.

Exactly. And therefore, sumatutal, kung sino man yung nagsasabi na disputed dyan, mali po.

Paano ba nagiging disputed dyan? Unang-unang, teritoryo ba yan? Eh hindi nga eh.

Ang sabi continental shelf. So kung hindi siya teritoryo, hindi siya pwedeng subject of territorial dispute kasi wala yung teritoryo doon.

Ah, pangalawa po, wala rin namang overlap. So hindi siya pwedeng maging disputed.

Ah, factally na po ito, ah na.

And because it's not a territory, rather it is a continental shelf, therefore it cannot be claimed or owned by anyone as a territory.

And cannot therefore be a subject of any dispute.

Dyan, madali lang sagutin talaga yan. May overlap pa, wala.

Nasa 200.

Diba? Nang isang coastal state? Oo. Sinong coastal state? Pilipinas.

Ergo, ang sagot po, continental shelf siya ng Pilipinas.

And sa batas po, ang sinasabi, yung continental shelf ng isang coastal state, in this case the Philippines,

we have the exclusive jurisdiction to explore, exploit, exclusively po ah, sa salitang Tagalog po, tayo lang, excluded ang ibang bansa.

Ah, the natural resources in the area. Living or non-living, organic or non-organic.

Okay. So, ah, masi-flesh out pa po natin yung binanggit na, no?

Sige po.

In concrete terms, ano yung mga pwede natin gawin sa Iungin?

Number one, tama, okay lang, naran din yung barko natin, okay?

Tama po yan.

Pwede ba natin i-develop, let's say, yung low tide elevation na yan?

Tama po. At ang pagpapasya kung anong gagawin sa Iungin Shoal.

Isa lang pong bansa ang pwede magpapasya niyan. Tayo lang po.

Kung kaninong continental shelf siya, yung bansa na yun, ang may eksklusibong karapatan na gawin kung ano ang pwede gawin doon sa Shoal na yun.

Kung gusto niyang maglagay ng Nipahat, pwede.

Kung gusto natin gawing military guards, pwede.

Kung gusto natin gawing artificial land, pwede.

Ang sagot po, kung tayo...

May gano'ng karapatan.

Ang China ba? May gano'ng karapatan.

Ang sagot po, wala.

Wala.

Kasi po, number one, hindi naman po nila continental shelf yun.

Pangalawa po, hindi naman po teritoryan.

Hindi nila pwedeng sabihin, disputed namin yan.

So, wala po talagang basihan by which yung Iungin Shoal na yan, e kanilang angkinin.

Pangalawa po, ang implication din ng gano'n, hindi po pwedeng harangan yung ating mga...

mga barko na magpunta doon.

Hindi rin po pwedeng umistambay sila doon.

Meron silang freedom of navigation.

Gadaan.

But freedom of navigation is different from sovereignty patrol.

When they conduct and do sovereignty patrol, hindi na po yung consistent sa UN clause in terms of freedom of navigation.

Dahil yun po is an act of sovereignty already by another country,

indicating that they are claiming.

And that which is wrong.

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