August 17, 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 proceedings on the island of Kaua‘i.
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
Attwood Makanani
Sondra Field Grace
John Kaimikaua
Kaleo Patterson
Adrienne Kealohikina Tsukiyama
Ed Kaiwi
Joe Manini
Ilona Moritsugu
Paul Lemke
Michael Grace
Arthur Trask
Kalani Hanohano
Nani Rogers
Sharon Pomroy
Jeff Chandler
Elizabeth Slater
Ruth Texeira
Ray Manaku
Chuck Trembath
Leianuenue Parker
Henry Smith
Nancy Yokel
Norman Solomon
Butch Kekahu
Harry Naihe
Barbara Hodges Naihe
Randy Rego
Bob Meyer
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