Bill of Rights
Raljun J. Maturan
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Reaction paper about National Territory of the Philippines
The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.
I read from Article I that the national territory of the Philippines comprisesthe Philippine archipelago, All other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO That body of water studded with islands which is delineated in the Treaty of Paris (1898), as amended by the Treaty of Washington (1900) and the Treaty with Great Britain (1930). Consists of its, Terrestrial, Fluvial, and Aerial domains including its, Territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves and the other submarine areas.INTERNAL WATERS the waters around, between and Connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions. All other territories over which Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction includes any territory that presently belongs or might in the future belong to the Philippines through any of the accepted international modes of acquiring territory.
ARCHIPELAGIC PRINCIPLE has two elements, the definition of internal and the straight baseline method of delineating the territorial sea which consists of drawing straight lines connecting the outermost points on the coast without departing to any appreciable extent from the general direction of the coast.
Important distances with respect to the waters around the Philippines are the Territorial Sea, Contiguous
BSCE 1a_b1 07-05-13
Reaction paper about National Territory of the Philippines
The national territory comprises the Philippine archipelago, with all the islands and waters embraced therein, and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction, consisting of its terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains, including its territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves, and other submarine areas. The waters around, between, and connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.
I read from Article I that the national territory of the Philippines comprisesthe Philippine archipelago, All other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO That body of water studded with islands which is delineated in the Treaty of Paris (1898), as amended by the Treaty of Washington (1900) and the Treaty with Great Britain (1930). Consists of its, Terrestrial, Fluvial, and Aerial domains including its, Territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the insular shelves and the other submarine areas.INTERNAL WATERS the waters around, between and Connecting the islands of the archipelago, regardless of their breadth and dimensions. All other territories over which Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction includes any territory that presently belongs or might in the future belong to the Philippines through any of the accepted international modes of acquiring territory.
ARCHIPELAGIC PRINCIPLE has two elements, the definition of internal and the straight baseline method of delineating the territorial sea which consists of drawing straight lines connecting the outermost points on the coast without departing to any appreciable extent from the general direction of the coast.
Important distances with respect to the waters around the Philippines are the Territorial Sea, Contiguous