{"id":6044,"date":"2022-07-18T19:20:01","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/?p=6044"},"modified":"2022-07-18T21:57:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T21:57:38","slug":"calculating-reparations-for-129-years-of-the-united-states-violations-of-international-humanitarian-law-since-1893","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hawaiiankingdom.org\/blog\/calculating-reparations-for-129-years-of-the-united-states-violations-of-international-humanitarian-law-since-1893\/","title":{"rendered":"Calculating Reparations for 129 years of the United States’ Violations of International Humanitarian Law since 1893"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The ongoing illegal state of war between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the United States since 1893<\/a><\/strong>, and the prolonged belligerent occupation of an internationally recognized independent State has violated all norms of international law. In light of the federal lawsuit, Hawaiian Kingdom v. Biden<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, it is timely to address another war and subsequent belligerent occupation that the United States was involved, which eventually came to an end with the payment of reparations. This was the war with Japan from 1941-51.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here follows the reparations for war paid by the Japanese government under the 1951 Treaty of Peace<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reparation Payments:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reparations were made by Japan pursuant to Article 14(a), 1951 Japan Treaty of Peace, which states, \u201cIt is recognized that Japan should pay reparations to the Allied Powers for the damage suffering caused by it during the war.\u201d Below are Japanese reparations to countries for 10 years of war (1941-51).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Country<\/strong><\/td>Amount in US$<\/strong><\/td>Date of Treaty<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Burma<\/td>$200 million<\/td>Nov. 5, 1955<\/td><\/tr>
Philippines<\/td>$550 million<\/td>May 9, 1956<\/td><\/tr>
Indonesia<\/td>$223 million<\/td>Jan. 20, 1958<\/td><\/tr>
Vietnam<\/td>$39 million<\/td>May 13, 1959<\/td><\/tr>
Average<\/strong><\/td>$250 million<\/td>Mean year\u20141957<\/td><\/tr>
Inflation calculator<\/a><\/strong><\/td>$2.6 billion<\/td>Year\u20142022<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

As a basis to calculate the amount of reparations that could be owed to the Hawaiian Kingdom by the United States up to the year of 2022, which is 129 years of war, the Japanese reparations paid could serve as a guide by applying the years of war to the years of war with the Hawaiian Kingdom. Reparations to be paid by the United States could be calculated at $32 billion, which is $250 million annually multiplied by 129 years of war with the Hawaiian Kingdom. The inflation calculator sets $32 billion in 1957 to $337 billion in 2022.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the 1876 Act to Regulate the Currency<\/em>, “the gold coins of the United States of America shall be the standard and a legal tender in this Kingdom in all payments of debts, at their nominal value.” Although the United States completely stopped using the gold standard in 1973, it was replaced by fiat money<\/a><\/strong> that the U.S. government orders its currency must be used for payments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This measurement could also be applied to other countries who are parties to the conflict and who have been complicit in the belligerent actions taken by the United States against the Hawaiian Kingdom such as the 20 States that unlawfully recognized the United States surrogate calling itself the so-called Republic of Hawai\u2018i in 1894. These States, and the dates they recognized the American puppet, include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n