Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 11, Number 1, 1 January 1994 — VISIONING BEYOND THE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE COMMITTEE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

VISIONING BEYOND THE LEGISLATIVE MANDATE COMMITTEE

Visioning Beyond the Legislative 'Mandate Committee is best described by its long name. To be true to the "spirit of self-determination"; more important, to be true to the expectations and aspirations of the Hawaiian people in their eall for self-determination, the Commissioners felt such a committee was necessary. This "Visions" Committee is investigating two areas of human rights; both of whieh take Hawaiians beyond the eonstructs of state and federal law — the rights of Hawaiians as indigenous people and the right to decolonize Hawai'i under international law. Is it fair for the U.S. or the State to set the terms of the rights of Hawai'i's indigenous people? To address this eon-

cern, the committee sponsored a forum in November by International Law expert, Russell Barsh. The committee is researching the work of the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations, The International Labor Organization and other international organizations. The "Visions" Committee is wrestling with important questions of applying international principles to our Hawai'i situation, attempting to maintain a balance of rights for both indigenous and nonindigenous peoples of Hawai'i in a fair and equitable fashion. The committee is raising uncomfortable but necessary questions to resolve historical injustices whieh have haunted us for too long.

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