Article 1 - National Territory of the 1987 Philippine Constitution. It shows the rationale for the provision on national territory, the territory of the Philippines, and the technical terms used under UNCLOS.

1. ARTICLE I NATIONAL
TERRITORY

2. ARTICLE 1, SECTION 1
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, maritime, 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
internal waters of the Philippines.

4. NECESSITY OF
CONSTITUTIONAL
PROVISION ON NATIONAL
TERRITORYBinding force of such provision under
international law.
Value of provision defining our national
territory.
Acquisition of other territories.

5. Binding
force of
such
provision
under
internationa
l law
A State under the
international law has the
unquestioned right to
assert jurisdiction
throughout the extent of
its territory
If there is a territorial
dispute it should be
settled according to the
international law.

6. Value of
provisio
n
defining
our
national
territory
.
It is important to know
so that we and the other
nations would know the
boundaries of our
country.
the Philippines can
promulgate and enforce
its laws within our
country.

7. ACQUISITION OF OTHER
TERRITORIES.
does not prevent the Philippines
from acquiring new territories
by means of purchase,
exchange, and such.

8. NATIONAL TERRITORY OF
THE PHILIPPINES
The Philippine
archipelago with all the
islands and waters
embraced therein
All other territories over
which the Philippines
has sovereignty or
jurisdiction
The terrestrial, fluvial,
maritime, and aerial
domain and the
territorial sea, the
seabed, etc.
The internal waters
Philippines
territory

9. OTHER TERRITORIES OVER
WHICH THE PHILIPPINES HAS
SOVEREIGNTY OR JURISDICTION

10. PENDING PHILIPPINE CLAIM
TO SABAH, ETC
According
to the 1973
constitution
,
“all the other
territories belonging to
the Philippines by
historic right or legal
title”
It was amended during
the 1987 Phil.
Constitution.

11. PENDING PHILIPPINE CLAIM
TO SABAH, ETC
Any other territory
over which the
Philippines has
sovereignty or
jurisdiction

14. FUTURE CLAIMS BY THE
PHILIPPINES TO OTHER
AREAS
The deletion of “by historic right
or legal title” is designed to
improve our relations with
Malaysia while allowing
flexibility in pursuing the Sabah
claim

19. OTHER AREAS INCLUDED IN THE
PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO.

20. Territorial sea
•Part of the sea
extending 12
nautical miles
(19km) from the
low water mark
Seabed
•The land that
holds the sea
Subsoil
•Refers to
everything
beneath the
surface soil and
the seabed

21. Insular shelves
• Submerged portions
of a continent or
offshore island
Other submarine
areas
• All areas under the
territorial sea like
seamount, trough,
trench, basin, deep,
bank, etc

22. THREE-FOLD DIVISION OF
NAVIGABLE WATERS.
Waters of the earth (international
law)
Inland or
internal
waters
Territorial
sea
High
open seas

24. THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
ARBITRATION
(THE REPUBLIC OF THE
PHILIPPINES V. THE
PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA)

25. Historic Rights and the ‘Nine-
Dash Line’
Status of Features
Lawfulness of Chinese Actions
Harm to Marine Environment
Aggravation of Dispute

26. 1734 VELARDE MAP

27. THE PHILIPPINE POSITION

28. FATAL EFFECT APPLICATION
OF 12 MILE RULE
It would mean the
dismemberment of the
archipelago with:
the Sibuyan sea separating the
Visayas,
the Mindanao Strait and the Sulu
isolating Palawan from the rest of
the archipelago.

29. of waters
would cease
to be
Philippine
waters;
They would
become
international
waters or high
seas,
And fishing vessels
from all nations
can enter
Fatal effect
application
of 12-mile
rule

30. And fishing vessels
from all nations can
enter
Warships of unfriendly
nations could enter these
waters and stay
We would lose a
large part of our
Fatal effect
application
of 12-mile
rule

31. A SINGLE NATION AND A
UNITED STATEOne whole
unitary
government
Bound by a
common
heritage,
Beholden to
the same
tradition
Pursuing the
same ideals
Interdepen-
dent and
united
politically
Economicall
y and
socially as
one

32. RECOGNIZED BY U.N.
CONVENTION ON LAW OF
THE SEA (UNCLOS)
The archipelago principle and
the exclusive economic zone
(EEZ) rights are now fully
recognized in the U.N. Law of
the Sea Convention.
It was approved by the interim
Batasang Pambansa on February
27, 1984.

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