Hawaiian History Archive

APOLOGY

The "Apology Resolution" - U.S. Public Law 103-150 (S.J. Res. 19), Nov. 23, 1993 Full text Key Excerpts Acrobat PDF formatted for print US Senate Congressional Record, October 27, 1993 US House Congressional Record, November 15, 1993

Legal Testimony of Prof. Francis A. Boyle, Dec. 28, 1993 "Interpretation of U.S. Public Law 103-150 under International Law, and its Implications for the Restoration of the Independent and Sovereign Nation State of Hawai'i" Excerpts Full text Acrobat PDF formatted for print Qualifications as an Expert on International Law


Hawaii Governor Bans U.S. Flag, The Los Angeles Times, Jan. 17, 1993

Professor Believes U.S. Apology Gives Hawaiians Right to Nationhood, Maui Press, January 14-20, 1994

KINGDOM OF HAWAII

Constitutions of the Kingdom of Hawai`i

1840 - Kamehameha III
1852 - Kamehameha III
1864 - Kamehameha V
1887 - Kalakaua ("Bayonet Constitution")
1893 - Liliuokalani (unratified draft)

Treaties, Conventions & Other International Agreements of the Kingdom of Hawaii, 1826-1893

OVERTHROW DOCUMENTS (1893)

Queen Liliu`okalani's Statement of Protest, January 17, 1893

Treaty of Annexation of Hawaii, February 14, 1893

President Cleveland's Message to Congress, December 18, 1893

Letter from W. Q. Gresham of the US Department of State to President Cleveland, October 18, 1893

President Cleveland's Proclamation, Febrary 24, 1894

ANNEXATION DOCUMENTS (1898)

Treaty of Annexation of Hawaii, Negotiated in 1897

Resolution of the Senate of the Republic of Hawaii Ratifying the Treaty of Annexation, Sept. 9, 1897

MEMORIAL - To the President, Congress and People of the USA (Opposing Annexation), Oct. 8, 1897

Official Protest to the Treaty of Annexation Presented by Lili`uokalani in Washington D.C., June 17, 1897

Many Thousands of Native Hawaiians Sign a Protest to the United States Government Against Annexation
The San Francisco Call, Thursday Morning, September 30, 1897

TERRITORIAL DOCUMENTS (1900-1959)

Article 73 of the United Nations Charter, 1946

Factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether a Territory is or is not a Territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government, UN Resolution, 742 (VIII), November 27, 1953

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, UN Resolution 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960

INTERNATIONAL LAW DOCUMENTS

Definition of Sovereignty (Black's Law)

Article 73 of the United Nations Charter, 1946

Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Dec. 10, 1948

Factors which should be taken into account in deciding whether a Territory is or is not a Territory whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government, UN Resolution, 742 (VIII), November 27, 1953

Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, UN Resolution 1514 (XV), 14 December 1960

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, UN General Assembly Resolution 260 (III) A, 9 December 1948

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, UN General Assemby Resolution 2200A (XXI), 23 March 1976