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U.N. rights office and Marshall Islands urge Pacific parliaments to back “nuclear justice” measures
Summary
Diego Valadares Vasconcelos Nieto, OHCHR Micronesia human‑rights officer, asked Pacific parliaments at the APIL General Assembly to use U.N. review mechanisms and to form permanent parliamentary human‑rights committees to strengthen rights linked to development and the environment.
Diego Valadares Vasconcelos Nieto, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Micronesia human‑rights officer, told Pacific legislators at the Association of Pacific Island Legislatures General Assembly that parliaments are central to protecting rights linked to development, the environment and public participation.
"The right to development is defined by the declaration of the right to development as an inalienable human right," Vasconcelos said, adding that economic measures must be connected to social, cultural and political rights so benefits reach remote and vulnerable communities.
Vasconcelos outlined three U.N. mechanisms legislators can use: the Universal Periodic Review, U.N. treaty…
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