Ten years since Boyle's address on Apology Bill


Today is the 10th anniversary of International Law Professor Francis A. Boyle's address at Mabel Smyth Hall in Honolulu, in which he provided an "Interpretation of U.S. Public Law 103-150 (the 'Apology Bill') under International Law, and its Implications for the Restoration of the Independent and Sovereign Nation State of Hawai'i."

Here are some key excerpts of his testimony:

The United States of America is "...admitting that the invasion, overthrow, occupation, annexation, starting in 1893, on up, violated all the treaties, violated basic norms of international law, and the United States Constitution... the overthrow of a lawful government... Under international law when you have a violation of treaties of this magnitude, the World Court has ruled that the only appropriate remedy is restitution."

"...now the United States government, after one hundred years, has finally and officially conceded, as a matter of United States law, that Native Hawaiian people have the right to restore the Independent Nation State that you had in 1893 when the United States government came and destroyed it."

"Congress is effectively conceding now that the (1959 statehood) vote is meaningless, as a matter of international law and United States domestic law."

"I would certainly caution you against trying to seek the same type of treatment that the federal government has doled out to the Native Americans. Moreover, on the basis of this statute, you're entitled to a lot more..."


Posted: Sun - December 28, 2003 at 09:26 AM    
   
 
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