CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA: MARITIME COURTS

 According to a report , China's maritime courts, established 30 years ago, are said to be the busiest in the Asia Pacific region and hear cases arising in Chinese waters, coastal and inland. In 2015, the maritime courts heard about 31,000 cases, a 43% increase year on year, with cases involving foreign parties accounting for about 15%.

 
Important in the context of the dispute in the South China Sea, are two regulations on the jurisdiction of the maritime courts issued by the Supreme People's Court in February, 2016.  One of the new regulations relates to the geographical jurisdiction of several maritime courts, principles for determining jurisdiction in administrative cases and objections to jurisdiction.  The other expands the scope of cases that can be heard by the maritime courts, setting out over 112 categories of cases that can be brought. In the section on ocean and sea navigable waters exploitation and environmental protection related disputes, ocean and sea navigable waters construction disputes are included, such as underwater dredging construction, land reclamation and ..artificial islands.
 






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