The Fishing Rights Conflict in the South China Sea between Vietnam and China

Authors

  • Mohammad Hazyar Arumbinang The University of Melbourne, Australia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6563-8588
  • Yordan Gunawan Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia
  • Rizaldy Anggriawan Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.28946/slrev.Vol5.Iss2.875.pp205-217

Keywords:

Fishing Rights, International Law, Nine-dashed Line, South China Sea

Abstract

This research aims to understand and clarify the international legal perspec-tive relating to the current dispute and how they are resolved according to international law between Vietnam and China over fishing rights in the South China Sea. This paper has adopted a normative legal research with a statutory and historical approaches. The data will be analysed by using de-scriptive-analytical analysis. This paper reveals that there are two legal is-sues in the fishing rights conflict between Vietnam and China. First is the legality of the Nine-dashed Line by China to claim the disputed water. Sec-ond, the legality of unilateral fishing ban policy by China over the disputed water, which both has no legality under international law. Although China claims over SCS using Nine-dashed Line and unilateral fishing ban policy under international law has no legal basis, the dispute over SCS including fishing rights continued until today. The solutions offered to solve these problems include a resolution on SCS dispute must be made legally and di-plomacy to build confidence-building measures. Ideally, both states should honour the accepted negotiation steps to agree upon compensation for the effects of the disputes and be sincere and earnest in their attempts and com-mitment to resolving their dispute.

Author Biographies

Mohammad Hazyar Arumbinang, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Mohammad Hazyar Arumbinang is a Master Student in the School of Law at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He graduated from the international Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. His fields are Public International Law, Law of International Organization, International Environmental Law, and Disaster Law. Arumbinang can be reached at marumbinang@student.unimelb.edu.ac.id

Yordan Gunawan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Yordan Gunawan is a Teaching Staff at the Department of Public International Law, Faculty of Law, and Head of International Relations Office of Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. He received Bachelor Degree from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and continued his study at the National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, Republic of China. Yordan also finished his Master Degree in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta and The Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland where he got a certificate on International Human Rights and Humanitarian Law. His fields are Public International Law, International Environmental Law, International Disputes Settlement, Law of International Organization, and International Human Rights Law. Yordan is a Chairman of ASKUI PTMA, an Association of International Offices of Muhammadiyah and 'Aisyiyah Higher Education Institutions, where he leads more than 70 University' International Offices in Indonesia. Kindly address all correspondence to him via yordangunawan@umy.ac.id

Rizaldy Anggriawan, Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan

Rizaldy Anggriawan is an LLM student at the Department of Financial and Economic Law, Asia University Taiwan. He graduated from the international Program for Law and Sharia, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. His fields are International Law, Law and Development, and Economic Law. Rizaldy can be contacted at 108136043@live.asia.edu.tw

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2021-07-30

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Volume 5 Issue 2, July 2021

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