1. This is the area of water 12 nautical miles seaward from its allowed baseline.

a. Contiguous Zone
b. Continental Shelf
c. Territorial Sea
d. Exclusive Economic Zone

Contiguous Zone - extends 12 nautical miles beyond the territorial sea limit.

Continental Shelf - comprises of the seabed and subsoil of the submarine areas that extend beyond
its territorial sea throughout the natural prolongation of its land territory to the outer edge of the
continental margin or to a distance 200nm from the baseline.

Territorial Sea - the area of water 12 nautical miles seaward from its allowed baseline. The normal
baseline for measuring the breadth of the territorial sea is the low-water line along the coast as
marked on large-scale charts officially recognized by the coastal state. For localities where the
coastline is deeply indented and cut into, or if there is a fringe of islands along the coast in its
immediate vicinity, the method of straight baselines joining the outermost points in the coastline
may be employed in drawing the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

Exclusive Economic Zone – extends up to 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the
breadth of the territorial sea is measured.

2. Which of the following is NOT within the jurisdiction of the Philippine courts?
a. A civil proceeding involving an obligation or liability that was incurred by a foreign
commercial vessel in relation to its voyage through the Philippine territorial sea.
b. A crime committed aboard a foreign ship that is within the Philippine
territorial sea which only affects the management of the ship.
c. A crime committed aboard a foreign ship that is within the Philippine territorial sea
which affects the peace and security of the coastal state.
d. A criminal act committed in an official capacity aboard a Philippine warship that is
within the territorial sea of a foreign country.

Philippine courts may acquire jurisdiction over offenses committed by:

 Persons aboard a Foreign commercial vessels
o civil liabilities and obligations in relation to its voyage through the internal and
territorial waters of the Philippines committed while the ship is passing through
o any civil liability committed while the ship is parked or just left the internal and
territorial waters of the Philippines
o criminal offenses committed within the Philippine waters unless the matter
involved only affects the ship internally
 Persons aboard a Philippine warship and other governmental ship operated for non-
commercial purposes for acts that were committed in an official capacity wherever the ship
may be.
 3. Which of the following is NOT a right of the coastal state in high seas
a. Freedom of navigation
b. Freedom of overflight
c. Right to conduct scientific research
d. Right to fishing and development of fish farms

Rights of the coastal states in high seas:

 Freedom of navigation and overflight – right to sail and to fly on and above high seas,
subject only to international law and the laws of the flag state for the purpose of continuous
and expeditious transit of the strait between one part of the high seas or an exclusive
economic zone and another part of the high seas or an exclusive economic zone.
 Freedom of laying submarine cables and pipelines
 Freedom to construct artificial islands and other installations permitted under international
law
 Freedom of fishing, subject to the conditions
 Freedom to conduct scientific research

The Right to fishing and development of fish farms may be exercised within the Exclusive
Economic Zone (EEZ) of the coastal state.

4. How can disputes concerning UNCLOS be resolved?

a. Through compulsory settlement where no peaceful settlement has been
reached
b. Through peaceful settlement or compulsory settlements at the discretion of the
parties
c. Through peaceful settlement only
d. Through compulsory settlement only

The parties to the dispute are required by Article 279 to settle the dispute by any peaceful means.
However, where no settlement has been reached, the dispute may be settled through compulsory
means.