Third,the possibility of international jurisprudence has been explored and put into practice. In Aquino lll’s nation address of 25 july 2011’it was raised that ‘’(w)e are also studying the possibility of elevating the case on the west Philippine sea to the international tribunal for the law of the sea,to make certain that all involved nations approach the dispute with calm and forbearance.on 22 january 2013 the Philippines brought china to arbitration ‘’under article 287 and annex Vll of UNCLOS’’ to the challenge ‘the validity of china’s nine-dash line claim’’ and to ‘’desist from unlawful activities that violate the sovereign rights and jurisdiction of the Philippines under the 1983 UNCLOS’’. From the perspective of the Philippines, it ‘’has exhausted almost all political and diplomatic avenues for a peaceful negotiated settlement of its maritime dispute with china. It is the first time international jurisprudence is invokea in relation the south china issues