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

A/HRC/RES/63/31View 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 2026.

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3 versions · 2022–2026

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2026	A/HRC/RES/63/31	Technical assistance and capacity-building to address the human rights implications of the nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands	1,426	—Compare
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 Environmental Health Human Rights Marshall Islands Nuclear Weapon Tests Technical Cooperation

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7 operative paragraphs

Reaffirms 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;

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

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, and to submit it to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-ninth 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 collaborate with the Government of the Marshall Islands and its National Nuclear Commission, and seek the views of States, relevant United Nations mandate holders, relevant United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, non-governmental organizations and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, the Marshallese diaspora, Indigenous Peoples, youth representatives and affected communities;

Invites the Office of the High Commissioner, within available resources, to make its previous reports and the report to be submitted to the Human Rights Council at its sixty-ninth session available in accessible formats, including in easy-to-read versions;

¹³A/HRC/57/77 and A/HRC/63/76.

Decides to remain seized of the matter.

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