Dang Viet Dat is a lecturer at Regional Academy of Politics 4 under Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. He completed an M.A. degree in Public Administration (2010-2013) at Vietnam National Academy of Public Administration and a Ph.D. degree in Law (2017-2020) at the Institute of State and Law under Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. Selected publications resulting from his research are: Ph.D thesis: Legal mechanism to ensure the right to access to justice for female victims of sexual abuse in Vietnam, 2020; Monograph: Theravada Buddhist dignitaries in legal popularization and education in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam, The social science publishing house, 2019; “Controlling executive power for Anti-Corruption in Vietnam: the role of digital technology”, in the book by the University College Cork, Vietnam National University, Hanoi and University of Sussex, Good Governance and Anti- Corruption: Opportunities and Challenges in the Era of Digital Technology (International Conference Proceedings), Social Sciences Publishing House; “The Right of Access to Justice in Constitutions of some Asian Countries and Lessons Learned for Vietnam”, in the book by the Association for Asian Constitutional Studies and Vietnam National University, Hanoi, School of Law, 8th Asian Constitutional Law Forum (International Conference Proceedings): ASIAN Constitutional Law Recent Developments and Trends, Vietnam National University Press, Hanoi, Volume, 2; Articles: “Developmental State – Approach, Nature, and Characteristics”, State Organization Review, No. 11/2018; “The right to access to justice and ensuring of the right to access to justice in Vietnam”, Law on Human Right Magazine”, No. 3/2018; “Executive Power Controlling in the Rule of Law State”, State Organization Review, No. 11/2013.
Implementation of the principle of pacta sunt servanda to keep security in the South China Sea
Abstract:
Preserving the security in the South China Sea is also keeping the security in Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific and over the world. In order to do this, nations have to comply with international law in general and UNCLOS 1982 (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) in particular. The implementation of the provisions of such international law has to base on the spirit of compliance with the basic principles of international law, especially the principle of Pacta sunt servanda.
Clearly, conflicts in the South China Sea in recent years have demonstrated the lack of respect and compliance with international law in general and UNCLOS 1982 in particular, which clearly shows a lack of goodwill in the full implementation of the principle of Pacta sunt servanda in these countries. Furthermore, the lack of goodwill in implementing this principle of some countries in South China Sea areas has set bad precedents and poses a threat to security and peace in the South China Sea.
The paper aims to clarify the principle of Pacta sunt servanda and the role of this principle in the implementation of international law, especially UNCLOS 1982 in keeping security and peace in the South China Sea today.