Reyters: In defeat for Beijing, Hague court to hear China Sea dispute, http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/30/us-philippines-china-arbitration-idUSKCN0SN26320151030
菲利賓就南中國海爭端起訴中國,中國認為:這是有關領土的爭端,不在Hague法庭的司法範圍。
Hague法庭裁定: 按照聯合國海洋法(the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) , 它有權受理菲利賓的起訴。中國決定不參與,並不能剝奪它的裁決。