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Ang pambansang teritoryo ay binubuo ngkapuluang Pilipinas, kasama ang lahat ng pulo atkaragatan na nakapaloob doon, at lahat ng iba pangteritoryo na ari ng Pilipinas sa pamamagitan ng

karapatang kinikilala sa kasaysayan o sa batas, kasamaang dagat teritoryal, ang kalawakang itaas, angkailaliman ng lupa, ang ilalim ng dagat, ang mgakalapagang insular, at ang iba pang lugar submarinana nasa ganap na kapangyarihan o saklaw ng Pilipinas.

Ang karagatang nakapaligid, nakapagitan, at nag-uugnay sa mga pulo ng kapuluan, maging ano manang lawak at sukat, ay bumubuo ng panloob nakaragatan ng Pilipinas.

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a) Binding force of such provisionunder international law

b) Value of provision defining or

national territory

c) Acquisition of other territories

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1. The Philippine archipelago with all the islands andwaters embraced therein;

2. All the other territories over which the Philippineshas sovereignty or jurisdiction;

3. The terrestrial, f luvial and aerial domains includingthe territorial sea, the seabed, the subsoil, the

insular shelves, and other submarine areasthereof;

4. The internal waters.

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- Derived from Greek word pelages meaning sea.

- Defined as a sea or part of a sea studded withislands, often synonymous with island groupsor as large group of islands in an extensivebody of water such as sea.

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1. Pending Philippine claim to

Sabah, Spratley, Marianas

Island including Guam .

2. The future claims by thePhilippines to other areas.

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1. territorial seas

2. the seabed

3. the subsoil

4. insular shelves

5. other submarine areas

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(1) Inland/Internal/National Waters.

- they are parts of the sea within the land territory

(2) Territorial Sea.- it is the belt of water outside and parallel to the outerlimits of the inland/internal waters.

(3) High/Open Seas.

-waters that lie seaward of the territorial sea.

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The inland or internal water and the territorial seatogether comprise what is generally known as theterritorial waters of a state. Over these waters, a state

exercise as its land territory but foreign vessels have theright of innocent passage through the territorial sea.

On the other hand, the open seas are international waters

which means that they are not subject to the sovereigntyof ant state but every state has equal right to use them.

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The archipelagic concept or principle of territoriality:The Philippines is a state composed of a number of

islands.

The archipelago shall be considered a single unit so thatthe waters around, between, and the islands of the

archipelago irrespective of their breadth & dimensionform part of the internal waters of the state subject.

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1. Fatal effect of the application of the 12 mile ruleupon territorial integrity of the Philippines:dismemberment of the archipelago with the SibuyanSea separating the Visayas, & Mindanao Strait and theSulu isolating Palawan from the rest of the archipelago

2.The Philippines a single nation and a

united state. 3. Archipelago principle fully recognized

by UN Law of the Sea Convention.

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