Day One, August 13, 1993
Day Two, August 14, 1993
Over twelve days in August 1993, the United States and the state of Hawai‘i were put on trial for crimes against the original people of Hawai‘i, the Kānaka Maoli, by the People’s International Tribunal Hawai‘i. This panel of international judges was convened to hear charges of genocide, ethnocide, the taking of our sovereign government and the destruction of our environment.
This transcript covers the tribunal’s two-day proceedings on the island of O‘ahu.
Testimony was presented to a panel of international jurists that included:
Prof. Milner Ball
Prof. Chung Hyun Kyung
Prof. Ward Churchill
Prof. Richard Falk
Prof. Lennox Hinds
Te Moana Nui a Kiwa Jackson, Esq.
Asma Khader, Esq.
Prof. Oda Makoto
Sharon Venne, Esq.
convener
Richard Kekuni Blaisdell
prosecutor/advocates
Prof. Glenn Morris
Prof. Maivan Clech Lam
Jose Luis Morin, Esq.
facilitator
Alejandro Molina
testimony & presentations
Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
Marion Kelly
Jonathan Osorio
Steve Boggs
Mililani Trask
Nalani Minton
John Kaimikaua
Barry Nakamura
David Martin
Raymond Kamaka
Kalani Hanchett
James Manago
Anna Marie Castro
Luis Hangca
Ku'umealoha Gomes
Anita Gouveia
Mahealani Cypher
Kamakahukilani von Oelhoffen
Eric Seitz
Kehau Abad
John Kelly
Bill Dougherty
Donna Wong
Steven Helela
Georgette Myers
Joy Aulani Ahn
Keli'i Carmack
Marie Beltran
Mary Ann Bennett
Kawika Naho'opi'i
Keali'i Gora
Honu Huihui
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