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IADL, and NLG file
joint Amicus Brief
Supporting the
Hawaiian Kingdom’s
Complaint against the
US Requesting a
Declaratory Judgment
and Effective End of
U.S. Occupation</span>
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<p style="Margin:1em
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<p style="Margin:1em
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Staff Attorney, WPLC:
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<p style="Margin:1em
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Water Protector Legal
Collective (WPLC),
alongside the
International
Association of
Democratic Lawyers
(IADL) and
National Lawyers Guild
(NLG), <a
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an amicus curiae
(“friend of the
court”) brief</a>
today in support of
the Hawaiian Kingdom’s
<a
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</a>against the United
States government,
President Joe Biden,
and other defendants,
due to the unlawful
occupation of Hawai‘i
by the United States
since January 17,
1893. The complaint
and the amicus brief
request Declaratory
and Injunctive Relief,
namely for the US to
end the occupation of
the Hawaiian Kingdom.
<br>
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<p style="Margin:1em
0px">Hawai‘i has been
illegally occupied by
the US since 1893,
when businessmen and
politicians helped
John Stevens overthrow
Queen Lili‘uokalani
and the Hawaiian
government.
One-hundred years
later, President
Clinton would <a
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and the US would
acknowledge that
Hawaiian Kingdom never
relinquished their
land. That is not
enough. The people of
the Hawaiian Kingdom
have remained
continuously opposed
to the illegal
occupation of the US
and its effects,
including
de-nationalization,
the <a
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of natural resources</a>,
legacy of <a
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unrest sown by
colonialism</a>, and
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at the expense of
Native Hawaiians. <br>
</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">Mr. Dexter
Ke`eaumoku Ka`iama,
Acting Attorney
General for the
Hawaiian Kingdom who
filed the original
complaint, described
the amicus brief filed
by the three legal
organizations: “The
amicus transcends over
128 years of the
illegal occupation of
the Hawaiian Kingdom,
the violations of
international law and
international
humanitarian law and
political pressures
and trappings brought
to maintain this
illegality. Instead,
the amicus rightly
directs our attention
to the undisputed
history of the
Hawaiian Kingdom and
proper application of
international law, US
Constitutional law and
compacts (treaties)
between the sovereign
States of the Hawaiian
Kingdom and the United
States.” <br>
</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">While relief in
this matter would
seemingly be barred by
the political question
doctrine, the amicus
brief states the
federal and state
courts of Hawai'i are
<em>de facto</em>
Article II courts
since 1893 because the
US occupation of the
Hawaiian Kingdom has
never ended or been
resolved through an
operative peace
treaty. Experts in
international law and
human rights have
determined that
without some type of
transfer of
sovereignty, the
Hawaiian Kingdom and
its people have the
sole right to that
land. There is
judicial precedent of
at least 12 Article II
executive “occupation”
courts in U.S. legal
and political history
since the Mexican War
in 1846, provisional
courts during the
Civil War, and through
1971 when
the United States
returned Okinawa and
Ryukyu Islands to
Japan after WWII. <br>
</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">“At its core,”
says WPLC Staff
Attorney Natali
Segovia, “this case is
about the sovereignty
of the Hawaiian
Kingdom and the right
of self-determination
of an entire Nation. I
don’t mean luke-warm
self-determination
within the boundaries
of a settler state; I
mean the
self-determination
that is at the heart
of international law:
the right of nations
to self-govern to
freely determine their
political status,
their economic,
social, and cultural
development within
their own territory.
Standing Rock, Line 3,
and the #Landback
movement share this in
common. WPLC began at
Standing Rock,
where the fight for
the water and for
future generations was
a manifestation and
exercise of
self-determination of
the Oceti Sakowin
Oyate and Indigenous
Peoples and allies
around the world that
answered their call.
WPLC is committed to
supporting those
struggles for
sovereignty and
self-determination of
Indigenous Peoples and
Original Nations
wherever we can.” <br>
</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">"As an
organization that
values human rights
and the rights of
ecosystems over
property interests,
the NLG supports all
Native peoples' right
to self-determination
and resistance against
settler-colonial
oppression—whether it
be in Palestine,
Standing Rock, or
Hawai'i. The US is no
exception to
standards set by
international and
humanitarian law, and
must end its
occupation of the
Hawaiian Kingdom, said
NLG President Elena
Cohen."</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">IADL President
Jeanne Mirer said, “As
an international
organization of human
rights lawyers
dedicated to the
furtherance of peace,
justice, and the rule
of law, the IADL
reiterates its support
for the Hawaiian
Kingdom and the people
of Hawai‘i in their
ongoing struggle for
sovereignty, and
self-determination.
The United States has
an obligation to
comply with
international
humanitarian law and
the law of
occupation.”</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">Mr. Ka`iama
concluded, “Filing of
the amicus coincides
with the formal
restoration of the
Hawaiian Kingdom from
the British Government
on July 31, 1843. A
day that is remembered
and celebrated as Lā
Hoʻihoʻi Ea
(“Restoration Day”).
So too, this amicus
will be forever marked
and fondly remembered
in the annals of the
Hawaiian Kingdom.
Aloha ‘Āina.” <br>
</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">“Aloha ‘Āina” is
Hawaiian for “love of
the land.” As legal
organizations
committed to human
rights, international
law, and the rule of
law, we stand — for
the land, for the
water, and for future
generations.</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
0px">Counsel for <em>Amici
Curiae</em>
NLG, IADL, and WPLC
are Natali Segovia,
Joseph (Joey) Chase,
and Charles
Heaukulani.</p>
<p style="Margin:1em
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<p style="Margin:1em
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#HawaiianKingdom
#AlohaAina</p>
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on-the-ground legal
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camp at Standing Rock
in defense of Water
Protectors in
frontline resistance
to the Dakota Access
Pipeline.<strong> </strong>WPLC
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legal support and
advocacy to Indigenous
Peoples and Original
Nations, the Earth,
and climate justice
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