Contesting Views of the Philippines and China over the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea

• Author: Marthen Napang - Farida Patittingi - Zulkifli Aspan - Achmad Ruslan - Birkah Latief - Ruslan Hambali - Marcel Hendrapati
• Position: Marthen Napang, Farida Patittingi, Juajir Sumardi, Zulkifli Aspan, Achmad Ruslan, and Marcel Hendrapati are Lecturers of Law Faculty at Hasanuddin University, Republic of Indonesia. Corresponding author: Marcel Hendrapati. He may be contacted at: mhendrapati@yahoo.com.
• Pages: 180-191

Contesting Views of the Philippines and China over

the Nine-Dash Line in the South China Sea



Achmad Ruslan, Birkah Latief, Ruslan Hambali

& Marcel Hendrapati

∗

The PCA’s decision refusing historic rights concerning the 9-DL cannot be enforced

because the decision advantaging the Philippines has already been rejected by China. It,

however, may be as a reference for some states to negotiate, since an optimistic atmosphere

emerges among the disputing parties. The readiness for negotiation among them clearly

      

the reciprocity principle. On one side, the PRC should set aside its typical intention to

dominate most parts of the South China Sea as its traditional fishing ground based on

historic rights concerning the 9-DL. On the other side, the Philippines should guarantee

the regional stability and peace without questioning the real sovereignty of the PRC over

several natural features, possibly related to the 9-DL claimed as its historic rights. The

9-DL is incompatible with the UNCLOS.

Keywords

Nine-dash Line, 9-DL, Historic Rights, PCA, Natural Features, Traditional

Fishing Ground.

* Marthen Napang, Farida Patittingi, Juajir Sumardi, Zulkifli Aspan, Achmad Ruslan, and Marcel Hendrapati are

Lecturers of Law Faculty at Hasanuddin University, Republic of Indonesia. Corresponding author: Marcel Hendrapati.

He may be contacted at: mhendrapati@yahoo.com

J. EAST ASIA & INT’L L. Vol. 12/No.1 (2019); 180-192

Publication type : Research Article

Section : East Asian Observer

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14330/jeail.2019.12.1.10