Marshall Islands

Population Statistics

72,191

Total Population

10,829

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

17 March 2015

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Islands (1979, last amended 1955)

Updated: June 2015

Article VI, Section (1), part (10) states:

Whenever the office of any judge of the Supreme Court or of the High Court, having previously been filled, is temporarily vacant, or any such judge is disabled from performing the duties of his office, the Cabinet, acting on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission, may appoint as an acting judge to discharge the duties of  that office for the duration of such vacancy or disability…

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Marshall Islands (1979, last amended 1995)