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A/HRC/57/77: 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 - Report of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Published
24 September 2024
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A/HRC/57/77
Summary
The Human Rights Council (resolution 51/35) requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a report on the Marshall Islands’ nuclear legacy. Building upon consultations with the Marshall Islands and the United States governments, community representatives, and relevant offices of the United Nations, this report utilizes a transitional justice approach in addressing the challenges and barriers to the full realization and enjoyment of human rights stemming from the nuclear legacy.
Issued By:
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Delivered To:
Human Rights Council - fifty-seventh session
Versions
Enhanced Interactive Dialogue
Panelists
- Ms. Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner
- Mr. Marcos A. Orellana, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes
- Ms. Ariana Tibon-Kilma, Chairperson of the Republic of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission
- Ms. Holly M. Barker, Commissioner of the Republic of the Marshall Islands National Nuclear Commission
- Mr. Benetick Kabua Maddison, Marshallese Educational Initiative
States
- Republic of the Marshall Islands (country concerned)
- Germany
- Ireland
- Malta
- New Zealand
- Panama
- Samoa
- Sierra Leone
- UK
- Venezuela
Regional mechanism
CSOs
- Center for Global Nonkilling
- Earthjustice
- ICAN
- IPPNW
- Iuventum e.V.
- Rencontre Africaine pour la defense des droits de l'homme
- WCC