Article 1

The Philippine archipelago with all islands and waters embraced therein

All other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty and jurisdiction;

The terrestrial, fluvial and aerial domains including the territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, insular shelves, and other submarine areas

The internal waters

It is derived from the Greek word pelagos, meaning sea.

It’s a part of a sea studded with islands, often synonymous with island groups, or

as a large group of islands in an extensive body of water

Inland or internal waters

Territorial sea

High or open seas

Inland or internal waters

Territorial waters

It stands for Exclusive economic Zone

EEZ was established by PD 1599

The EEZ of the Philippines extends to a distance of 200 nautical miles beyond and from the baselines from which the territorial sea is measured.

The doctrine states that an archipelago shall be regarded as a single unit, so that the waters around, between and connecting the islands of the archipelago, irrespective of breadth and dimensions, form part of the internal waters of the state, subject to its exclusive sovereignty.

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Find the basis of our claims over the Spratlys under article one.

Take an affirmative or negative position on the Baseline Law.