菲律宾诉中国南海仲裁案辨析

An Analysis of the Philippines South China Sea Arbitration Case

2013年1月,菲律宾就中菲南海海洋权利争端提交国际仲裁,这是南海争端首次进入国际司法程序。2015年4月22日,仲裁庭发布最新的《第四号程序令》,仲裁庭已经确定将中国包括2014年12月7日《立场文件》在内的诸多通信视为《程序规则》第20条意义下的抗辩,并将在2015年7月开庭审理中国关于管辖权的反对意见以及涉及管辖权和诉求可受理性的其他问题。本文通过对仲裁庭管辖权的分析,围绕新公布的《第四号程序令》,研究下一步中国应当如何参与后续程序和本次仲裁案对未来南海争端解决方式影响。笔者认为中国应积极参与2015年7月关于菲律宾南海仲裁案管辖权的仲裁庭庭审,做好应对南海岛礁争端法律诉讼常态化的多样化法律诉讼准备。

In January 2013,the Republic of Philippines submitted its South China Sea dispute with China to international arbitration.This was the first time the South China Sea dispute was referred to an international third party dispute settlement mechanism.In the Fourth Procedural Order issued by the Arbitral Tribunal on 22 April2015,the Arbitral Tribunal decided to treat China's communications including the Position Paper as constituting a plea for purposes of Article 20 of its Rules of Procedure.It also decided to conduct a hearing on jurisdiction and admissibility in July 2015.Based on an analysis of the jurisdiction and admissibility question as well as the new Procedural Order,this article proposes a change of the course of action in China's participation in the subsequent arbitral procedures and examines the effects dris arbitration may have on the future South China Sea dispute resolution.