Hebert, Je’an-Luc2018-05-292018-05-292018-05-2519 Or. Rev. Int'l. L. 289 (2018)1543-9860https://hdl.handle.net/1794/2327526 pagesThis summary begins by discussing how, under UNCLOS, territorial sovereignty is established and what water rights attach to islands and coastal states in order to provide the reader with the background necessary to understand the competing claims advanced by the Philippines and China.en-USAll Rights Reserved.Law of the seaUnited Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)Article