“China's nonparticipation delegitimized the arbitration proceedings in the Permanent Court of Arbitration on the Philippines' case against China over the South China Sea maritime dispute.”
What Vera Files found
China’s deliberate nonparticipation in the proceedings did not hamper the arbitral tribunal — appointed in accordance with UNCLOS — from hearing and rendering judgment on the case filed by the Philippines. As stated in the Convention, which both countries had ratified, “absence” or “failure” of a party to defend its case “shall not constitute a bar to the [arbitration] proceedings.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Trixie Cruz-Angeles, Ahmed Paglinawan made this claim around 10 May 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 27 May 2021, 17 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Trixie Cruz-Angeles, Ahmed Paglinawan has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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