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    The Philippines territorial boundaries are defined by its 1987 constitution and consist of the entire Philippine archipelago including all islands and waters within, as well as any other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty. The waters between and connecting islands are considered internal waters, regardless of size. This claim is based on both historic rights of possession for nearly 400 years as well as geographic features. Republic acts have further defined the archipelago's baselines and territorial seas, drawing straight lines between outer islands and declaring waters within as internal while considering waters beyond as the territorial sea, in accordance with international treaties and UNCLOS.

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    The Philippines territorial boundaries are defined by its 1987 constitution and consist of the entire Philippine archipelago including all islands and waters within, as well as any other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty. The waters between and connecting islands are considered internal waters, regardless of size. This claim is based on both historic rights of possession for nearly 400 years as well as geographic features. Republic acts have further defined the archipelago's baselines and territorial seas, drawing straight lines between outer islands and declaring waters within as internal while considering waters beyond as the territorial sea, in accordance with international treaties and UNCLOS.

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    The Philippines territorial boundaries are defined by its 1987 constitution and consist of the entire Philippine archipelago including all islands and waters within, as well as any other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty. The waters between and connecting islands are considered internal waters, regardless of size. This claim is based on both historic rights of possession for nearly 400 years as well as geographic features. Republic acts have further defined the archipelago's baselines and territorial seas, drawing straight lines between outer islands and declaring waters within as internal while considering waters beyond as the territorial sea, in accordance with international treaties and UNCLOS.

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    The Philippines territorial boundaries are defined by its 1987 constitution and consist of the entire Philippine archipelago including all islands and waters within, as well as any other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty. The waters between and connecting islands are considered internal waters, regardless of size. This claim is based on both historic rights of possession for nearly 400 years as well as geographic features. Republic acts have further defined the archipelago's baselines and territorial seas, drawing straight lines between outer islands and declaring waters within as internal while considering waters beyond as the territorial sea, in accordance with international treaties and UNCLOS.

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    With the Philippines as an example, discuss the nature of the principle of its territoriality and the

    extent of its natural boundaries.

    According to the Article 1 of the 1987 CONSTITUTION: “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 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 the internal waters of the
    Philippines.”

    The basis of the Philippine archipelago is a combination of historic rights and geographical claim
    based on laws and international treaties.

    The Republic of the Philippines, claims that it has exercised uninterrupted possession and
    occupation over this territory for a period of almost 400 years. The geographical Philippine
    territorial sea embodied in the 1898 treaty of Paris is a rectangular frame which encompasses
    the triangular baseline form of the Philippine archipelago. The upper border of the rectangular
    frame is a straight line above 21" North Latitude, the left border being 118" East Longitude, the
    right border being 127" East Longitude, and the lower border being slightly below 5" North
    Latitude.
    Republic Act No. 3046 of 1961 to define the baselines and the territorial sea of the Philippines
    has drawn straight baselines joining appropriate points of the outermost islands of the
    archipelago. Republic Act No. 5446 amended this law with geographical coordinates and
    declared the waters within these baselines as inland or internal waters. All the waters beyond
    these baselines but within the international treaty limits comprise the territorial sea of the
    Philippines.
    In 2009, the new Philippine baselines law Republic Act No. 9522 was enacted to comply the
    baselines with the technical requirements of the The United Nations Convention on the Law of
    the Sea(UNCLOS) pertaining to archipelagos

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