中国与南海仲裁庭的非正式合作及其效果

The Informal Cooperation between China and the Arbitral Tribunal of the South China Sea Arbitration and Its Effects

中国可以通过非正式通知或者非正式出庭的方式与南海仲裁庭进行合作。向仲裁庭提交《中华人民共和国政府关于菲律宾共和国所提南海仲裁案管辖权问题的立场文件》是一种在书面程序阶段的合作方式,派遣一个专家组非正式出庭是一种在开庭审理阶段的合作方式。中国积极的非正式合作有助于仲裁庭从中国的主张或其支持证据中获得帮助,认识菲中争端的实质,从而使仲裁庭真正接受和考虑中国的反对意见,以致开启一个与案件实体问题相分离的单独管辖权程序。

China can carry out informal cooperation with the Hague-based arbitral tribunal of the South China Sea arbitration by submitting informal notice or unofficially attending the trial. To submit 'the Position Paper of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Matter of Jurisdiction in the South China Sea Arbitration Initiated by the Republic of the Philippines'to the arbitral tribunal is a cooperating method in the phase of documentation; and to send a special group of experts to unofficially attend the trial is a cooperation in the trial phase. China's active cooperation will be helpful for the arbitration tribunal to obtain China's claims and its supporting evidence and help it better know the essence of the China-Philippine disputes. In this way,the arbitral tribunal may eventually accept and consider China's opposition opinions,or even open a separating legal process on the jurisdiction of the disputed areas.