Established under the Compact of Free Association settlement to adjudicate claims arising from the 67 nuclear tests conducted at Bikini and Enewetak between 1946 and 1958. It made awards for personal injury and for land damage — including a large award for Enewetak — that far exceeded the funds appropriated to it, so most determinations remain substantially unpaid, a legal legacy with no parallel elsewhere in the region.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- specialised
- Court type
- Compensation tribunal
- Jurisdiction
- Claims for personal injury and property damage arising from the United States nuclear testing programme in the Marshall Islands.
- Seat
- Majuro
- Established
- 1988
- Composition
- A chairman and members appointed under the Nuclear Claims Tribunal Act.
- Appointment
- Appointed by the Cabinet with Nitijela confirmation.
- Languages
- English, Marshallese
Where an appeal goes next
Judicial review in the High Court on limited grounds.
Filing at this court
- Personal injury claim
- Filed under the medical conditions list in the Tribunal's regulations
- Payment
- Awards are limited by the funds available under the Compact settlement
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