Ka Hoʻokolokolonui Kānaka Maoli

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On August 12-21, 1993, the United States (US) was brought to trial and found guilty before a tribunal of distinguished international human rights experts and advocates for its violations against the Kānaka Maoli (KM), the Indigenous Hawaiian people and nation. 

 

Ka Hoʻokolokolonui Kānaka Maoli, the first Peoples’ International Tribunal to be held in the Pacific, and the first to include traditional Kanaka Maoli law, nā Kanawai, in its deliberation and findings, was convened during the centennial of the U.S. armed invasion of the once independent island nation of Hawaiʻi. 

 

Significantly, 1993 was also the United Nations International Year of the World’s Indigenous Peoples within the first UN Decade of Indigenous Peoples (1992-2002). 

 

This website, created by the Tribunal Kōmike, is primarily a repository of written documents related to the Tribunal, including the written testimonies - exhibits - presented to the public via the Tribunal judges.