The Republic of Marshall Islands (“Marshall Islands”) is an independent country in the Central Pacific Ocean and is composed of more than 1,200 islands and islets. The country was administered by the United States of America, as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, up until 1984 when it was dissolved. From 1946 to 1958, the USA tested 67 nuclear weapons across 29 atolls of the Marshall Islands, the payloads of which were 1,000 times greater than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Radiological contamination, a result of the numerous tests, is still a persistent problem in these islands and has adversely impacted the livelihood of its residents. Keeping in mind the development of nuclear weapons, and juxtaposing it with the horrors faced by the country, the Marshall Islands decided to make use of the international legal forum to prevent the mad race for nuclear proliferation