Connect the 2016 arbitration to a later resupply confrontation and a provisional arrangement between China and the Philippines.
Selected legal and maritime milestones through July 2024; sovereignty disputes remain broader than this record.
Dates without a time use the local date of the event.
The tribunal issued its final award in the Philippines-China arbitration under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
The case concerned maritime entitlements and conduct under the convention. The ruling did not decide sovereignty over land territory.
Selected legal and maritime milestones through July 2024; sovereignty disputes remain broader than this record.
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