Photos of the Arbitration
Former President Benigno S. Aquino III, former Philippine DFA Secretary Albert F. del Rosario and Atty. Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. in a serious discussion about Philippine strategy on the West Philippine Sea during a break at an ASEAN Summit in Brunei in April 2013.
Atty. Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. with former Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza and Foley Hoag LLP Partner Paul Reichler after the final review of the Philippine Memorial to the Arbitral Tribunal in March 2014.
The Philippine Legal Counsel and members of the Philippine Delegation to the Jurisdictional Hearing held on 7-13 July 2015 at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague.
Former Philippine DFA Secretary Albert F. Del Rosario and Atty. Henry S. Bensurto at The Hague Palace where the SCS Arbitration Hearing was held.
The Philippine Delegation at the Hearing on the Merits of the South China Sea Arbitration, November 2015.
Former Philippine DFA Secretary del Rosario, Foreign Legal Counsels Paul Reichler, Lawrence Martin, Bernard Oxman, and Atty. Henry S. Bensurto during one of the meetings of the PH Legal Team in preparation for the Hearings on the Merits of the South China Sea arbitration at The Hague in November 2015.
The foreign legal team on the eve of the hearings on the Merits of the SCS Arbitration.
The Philippine Foreign Legal Counsel and the members of the Philippine Delegation to the Hearing on the Merits of the South China Sea Arbitration, November 2015.
Atty. Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. doing the traditional ASEAN handshake with the representatives of other ASEAN claimant States (Vietnam and Malaysia) and non-claimant countries (Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand) as Observers to the Hearings on the Merits of the South China Sea arbitration at The Hague in November 2015.
Counsel Team for the Philippines, 07 July 2015
Statement by former Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, H.E. Mr. Albert F. Del Rosario, 07 July 2015
H.E. Mr. Del Rosario, former Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines, 30 November 2015
Hearing in Session, 07 July 2015
Statement by Mr. Paul S. Reichler, Counsel for the Philippines, 07 July 2015
Statement by Prof. Philippe Sands QC, Counsel for the Philippines, 07 July 2015
Counsel Team for the Philippines,
30 November 2015
30 November 2015
Hearing in Session, 07 July 2015
Hearing in Session, 30 November 2015
The Tribunal with Expert and PCA Staff Members (L to R: Judith Levine (Registrar and PCA Senior Legal Counsel); Grant W. Boyes (Tribunal Expert), Professor Alfred H.A. Soons, Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum, Judge Thomas A. Mensah (President), Garth Schofield (PCA Senior Legal Counsel), Judge Stanislaw Pawlak, Judge Jean-Pierre Cot), 30 November 2015
Members of Observer Delegations, 30 November 2015
Delegation of the Republic of the Philippines, 30 November 2015
Source: Permanent Court of Arbitration and the photo collection of Ambassador Henry S. Bensurto, Jr. (who was then the Head of the DFA Legal Team on the West Philippine Sea and Philippine Consul General to San Francisco).