Panel 2: Advancing the Rule of Law in the South China Sea – Perspectives from Claimant States - The Manila Dialogue on the South China Sea

Panel 2: Advancing the Rule of Law in the South China Sea – Perspectives from Claimant States

Panel Discussion

Rules-based Order

November 7, 2024

1:45 pm - 3:30 pm

MARSHALL LOUIS ALFEREZ

Assistant Secretary, Maritime and Ocean Affairs Office, Department of Foreign Affairs, Philippines

Opening Remarks

ANTONIO CARPIO

Chairman, Institute of Maritime and Ocean Affairs, Manila

CAPTAIN XIAOBO LIU (RET., PLA NAVY)

Director, Marine Study Center, Grandview Institution, Beijing

DR. SUMATHY PERMAL

Senior Research Fellow, Maritime Institute of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

DR. HAI-DANG VU

Researcher, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Hanoi

FRETTI GANCHOON

Senior State Counsel, Department of Justice, Philippines

Panel Chair

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính of Vietnam, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia, and President Xi Jinping of China have all articulated the importance of adherence to international law in managing and resolving maritime disputes. Why then are tensions in the South China Sea escalating? This panel will assess how major Southeast Asian claimants – the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and China – view the concept of “rules-based order” vis-à-vis the South China Sea.

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