Arbitration under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) has become a hot issue in the international judicial practice,as some of the super powers,including China and the United Kingdom,were all dragged to the Annex VII arbitral tribunal.The Chagos Marine Protected Area Arbitration between Mauritius and the United Kingdom is one of the most recent cases under UNCLOS Annex VII,where the tribunal found by a majority of three votes to two that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the mixed disputes involving opposite sovereignty claims.Opinions were divided between the majority and the minority members of the tribunal on a couple of issues,in particular,jurisdiction on mixed disputes. These issues are also among in the key elements in the South China Sea arbitration between the Philippines and China.Given the high similarities between the two cases with respect to the procedure,members of the tribunal,party representatives,and characterization of disputes,it is of crucial importance,especially for analyzing the ongoing South China Sea arbitration,and predicting future directions of mixed dispute,to study the written submission,the award and the dissenting opinion of the Chagos arbitration.%近年来，《联合国海洋法公约》附件七仲裁逐渐成为国际司法界关注的焦点，英国、中国等大国相继成为此类仲裁中的被告国。毛里求斯和英国之间的查戈斯海洋保护区仲裁案是附件七仲裁的最新案例之一，仲裁庭对管辖权、涉主权争议的混合型争端、交换意见的义务等问题进行了详细的阐释，并以3∶2形成了两派立场鲜明的观点。上述事项亦属于菲律宾诉中国南海仲裁案中的核心问题。考虑到两案在程序、人员组成、争端性质等诸多方面的共同点，研读查戈斯仲裁案的书面陈述以及裁决和反对意见，对于辨析南海仲裁案的管辖权裁决，解析混合型争端在未来司法裁判中的发展趋势有着特殊的重要意义。
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