August 20, 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 verdict and conclusion on the final day.
The panel of international jurists 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
Matiu Tarewa, Maori
Marcus Lopez, Chumash Nation
Steve Tataii, Kurdish nation
Donna Winslow, Front de Liberation National Kanaky Socialiste
Prosecutor/Advocate summations
Verdict & Conclusion
Judges’ Statements
Closing
57 pages