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Senior Associate Justice Antonio T. Carpio Supreme Court of the Philippines

For his "distinguished and exemplary service" to the Republic, Justice Carpio was awarded in 1998 the Presidential Medal of Merit by then President Fidel V. Ramos. In 1991, Justice Carpio received the Outstanding Achievement Award in Law from the Ateneo De Manila Alumni Association. In 2002, he was the recipient of the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Ateneo De Davao Alumni Association. In 2009, he was conferred a Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, by the Ateneo De Davao University. In 2015, he was named an Outstanding Alumnus in Public International Law by the UP Alumni Association and on August 18, 2017, he was awarded as one of the UP Alumni Association Most Distinguished Alumni.

In May 2017, Justice Carpio published the book titled “The South China Sea Dispute: Philippine Sovereign Rights and Jurisdiction in the West Philippine Sea.” Justice Carpio is the Chair of the Second Division and Chair of the Senate Electoral Tribunal.