Join your host, J. Kehaulani Kauanui, for an episode featuring two presentations from an event recently held at the Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai`i, in Manoa, called “‘Ike: Historical Transformations: Reading Hawai`i’s Past to Probe Its Future.” The first is by Keanu Sai, and the second is by J. Kehaulani Kauanui. They each presented on a panel called, “International Routes:
De-occupation, Decolonization, and the U.N. Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.” The mission of the
session was to discuss the modern trajectory of the Hawaiian Islands within the context of Hague Regulations on the law of occupation, the U.N. Decolonization Protocols, and the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Keanu Sai earned his Ph.D. in Political Science specializing in Hawaiian Constitutionalism and International Relations. He is a founding member of the Hawaiian Society of Law & Politics. Sai served as lead Agent for the Hawaiian Kingdom in arbitration proceedings before the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague, Netherlands, from November 1999-February 2001. He also served as Agent in a Complaint against the United States of America concerning the prolonged occupation of the Hawaiian Kingdom, which was filed with the United Nations
Security Council on July 5, 2001