1.    PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION

    China has no legal claims over area falling in nine dash line of South China sea.
    PCA felt that China has violated sovereign rights of Philippines.

PERMANENT COURT OF ARBITRATION
1.    It is an inter governmental organization not a court but arbiter tribunal to resolve conflicts of member state.
2.    Not ICJ
3.    It solves range of legal issues for territorial and marline boundaries, sovereignty, human rights, international investment and trade related issues.
4.    119 parties (including India)

SOUTH CHINA SEA ISSUE
    It is a despite of both Islands and maritime claims among many states.
    China, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia, Philippines & Vietnam.
    USA wants it to be international water so that they can conduct freedom of navigation operations.

DISPUTED ISLANDS
    Spartly and Parcel Islands.
    Natuna Islandsof Indonesia.
    Dispute regarding acquiring fishing zones, oil and gas claims and strategic importance.
    Nine Dash are claimed by China covers EEZ of all the nations.
    Bormoe Island Maritime boundary Chian vs All.
    Luzon region.

9 DASH LINE
An area marked by China, in South China sea which they claim as their own. It covers almost entire South China sea.
EEZ
Exclusive Economic Zone is the area over which a state has special rights regarding explorations and use of maintain resources including energy production of water and wind (200 nm).
Territorial waters are full sovereign areas of a state (12 nm).
After EEZ international waters start.