Marshall Islands Archives

Pacific Islanders Displaced by US Nuclear Tests Decry New Imperialism

February 6, 2018February 7, 2018 BRITAIN EAKIN

Marshall Islands, nuclear power, trusts, U.S. Senate

Members of Congress grappled Tuesday with the fate of a trust set up for Pacific Islanders who were displaced by dozens of Cold War nuclear tests conducted by the United States in the Bikini Atoll.

Appeals Government

Bid to Force US Out of Nuclear Arms Race Dies at 9th Circuit

July 31, 2017August 1, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI

Constitution, Marshall Islands, National3, nuclear weapons, treaty

The Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the judiciary lacks the authority to order the United States to fulfill its international treaty obligations to eradicate nuclear weapons, sounding the death-knell for a three-year campaign by the Republic of the Marshall Islands to eliminate the weapons worldwide.

Appeals Politics Science

Ninth Circuit Hesitant to Get Into Nuclear Disarmament

March 17, 2017May 8, 2017 HELEN CHRISTOPHI

Inter1, Marshall Islands, Ninth Circuit, nuclear power

An attorney for the Marshall Islands told a skeptical Ninth Circuit panel this week that the federal government must comply with its international treaty obligations to eliminate nuclear weapons around the world.