Technical Assistance and Capacity-Building to Address the Human Rights Implications of the Nuclear Legacy in the Marshall Islands

A/HRC/RES/51/35View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the Human Rights Council, under agenda item 10 Technical assistance and capacity-building, published in 2022.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2022–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/HRC/RES/57/26

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/HRC/RES/57/26	Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands	905	37%Compare
2022	A/HRC/RES/51/35	Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands	1,601	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Capacity Building Human Rights Marshall Islands Nuclear Weapon Tests Radioactive Contamination Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Affirms the importance of addressing the adverse impact of the nuclear legacy on the realization and enjoyment of human rights by the people of the Marshall Islands;

Recognizes that the Government of the Marshall Islands is not responsible for the nuclear weapons testing that caused its nuclear legacy and the harm done to its people, which occurred while the Marshall Islands was under United Nations trusteeship, and strongly encourages the United Nations to assist the Government of the Marshall Islands to address the adverse impact of the nuclear legacy;

Commends the Government of the Marshall Islands for its efforts to address the impacts of the nuclear testing on the people of the Marshall Islands and for its efforts towards the full realization and enjoyment of their human rights;

Notes that the Marshall Islands recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, and also notes the State’s commitment to protect, promote and fulfil this right for its people when addressing the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy;

Recognizes that nuclear waste, radiation and contamination remains a challenge and a barrier to the full realization and enjoyment of human rights by the people of the Marshall Islands, including the enjoyment of a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in the Marshall Islands;

Acknowledges that the people of the Marshall Islands living with the impacts of exposure to nuclear waste, radiation and contamination should continue to be assisted to advance the full realization and enjoyment of their human rights;

Emphasizes the importance of protecting and promoting the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands, particularly those suffering from adverse health and other effects resulting from exposure to nuclear and toxic waste, nuclear radiation and contamination resulting from the nuclear weapons testing;

Urges States, relevant United Nations agencies and other stakeholders to support the Government of the Marshall Islands in its efforts to improve the health of its people and environment;

Recalls that addressing the nuclear legacy of the Marshall Islands is a regional priority for the Pacific Islands Forum and has regional implications posing a serious environmental hazard to the Pacific region, with concerns regarding the integrity of the concrete dome containing nuclear and toxic wastes on Runit Island;

Commends the Government of the Marshall Islands for the standing invitation extended to the special procedures of the Human Rights Council, and encourages additional visits to the Marshall Islands;

Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to cooperate with the Government of the Marshall Islands in the field of human rights and to provide technical assistance and capacity-building to the National Nuclear Commission of the Marshall Islands in advancing its national strategy for nuclear justice and determining its technical assistance and capacity-building needs to pursue transitional justice in its efforts to address the nuclear legacy;

Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization and enjoyment of the human rights of the people of the Marshall Islands, stemming from the State’s nuclear legacy, to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its fifty-seventh session, to be followed by an enhanced interactive dialogue, with the participation of the National Nuclear Commission of the Marshall Islands;

Further requests the Office of the High Commissioner, in preparing the above-mentioned report, to seek the views of the Government of the Marshall Islands and its National Nuclear Commission, States, relevant United Nations mandate holders, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society and affected communities;

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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