Mohawks put their case before World Court

Mohawks put their case before World Court

The original international treaty signatory Kanienkehaka (Mohawk People) who currently reside at Ohsweken filed the following claim in world court. The journey has been slow and is a long way from being over, but the Iroquois’ historic and present grievances have now been brought before the International Criminal Court, (ICC) in The Hague, and will be investigated by an international body.

A letter containing the Mohawk Nation’s complaints was sent to the highest court in the world several months ago for consideration. Just when it seemed this attempt had somehow missed its mark, a letter came from the International Criminal Court addressed to Arnold Douglas, Secretary General of the Mohawk Nation.

The return letter acknowledged receipt of the Mohawk Nation’s communication and stated that they would be, in fact, investigating the allegations of genocide at that level and would keep them abreast of situation.

The ICC is known as the “court of last resort” when all other avenues fail. The Mohawk Nation (aka the Mohawk Workers) have been methodically working their complaint through every other legal channel available in Canada and have been ignored every step of the way.

Having been able to prove to the World Court the Mohawk People’s long journey of frustration and denial of justice, the ICC has agreed to follow up on the Mohawk’s allegations.

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NOTICE OF DECLARATION

Under both international and domestic law our sovranty has been established and acknowledged in treaties signed between the British Crown, on behalf of the then colonies, and the original Peoples of this land, organized, as we were, as sovran nations under the Great League of Peace. You will recall that as late as the early 1950’s we retained the authority to issue our own passports, passports which were acknowledged as valid by the international community. I would suggest, therefore, that, having thus been acknowledged as sovran, where anyone, including police and other agencies, suggests that we have somehow lost that sovranty, the onus rests with them to prove it. To suggest that the onus is ours and that we must therefore attend before judges appointed by Canada, the very criminal which has stolen our land and violated our People or, alternately, bring our case before the Negotiating Table where, too, our alleged representatives are in Canada’s employ, is an insult both to our intelligence and to our rights as a sovran People.

Canada suggests that somehow our land has been surrendered or purchased. However, Canada neglects to acknowledge that the alleged surrenders, even assuming them to have taken place (which we deny), were undertaken without the requisite authority of the Imperial Parliament and were, therefore, illegal. This is clear from the very fact that the boundary lines as laid out under the Royal Proclamation of 1763 have never been amended. I would suggest, further, that Elizabeth Windsor, pretending, as she does, to be in a position to claim plausible denial in relation to the atrocities which have been inflicted upon us by her servants, is responsible and continues to be responsible for the obligations and promises given us by the British Crown. She had no authority to pass and certainly we never consented to her passing those responsibilities on to the so called government or rather the CORPORATION of Canada” a fictitious nation the creation of which was never assented to by her ancestor, Victoria Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Victoria consented to the “consolidation” of the four (4) colonies, not, as Canada suggests, the confederation of the colonies. I would strongly suggest, therefore, that:- CANADA, at best, is a CORPORATION; that, under law, it continues to be a colony of Great Britain; and, in matter of fact, it is not now nor has it ever been a country.

And, in any event, even assuming the British North America Act to have been a valid piece of legislation, which it was not, section 91(24) of that alleged Act did not give parliament the authority to legislate over us; rather parliament was only given the authority to legislate in favour of the “Indians” and not to pass laws over them. And, more to the point, parliament was entrusted with the upholding of the pledges of the Royal Proclamation and to manage the royalties due the “Indians” and the sovereign, royalties which, by the way, Canada simply incorporated into the Consolidated Revenue Fund, a fact which appears to have been ignored by Canada’s servants, the alleged representatives of our Peoples across this Land.

As a result of the theft of our lands and the ongoing violation of our Peoples by Canada and its servants, with, it would appear, the tacit approval of the British Crown, we have sought and obtained foreign judgments against the perpetrators of crimes against us. These judgments will go far to alleviate some of the atrocities which have been perpetrated against us by Canada. In the interim, we must maintain our rights and our authority over the land given us by the Creator at the beginning of time. We must not and we shall not tolerate the attempts by the military arm of Canada (a.k.a. ¨police¨) to impose its will against us in clear violation both of their own ¨laws¨, in actual fact, CORPORATE Policies, and of the laws of the international community. Any attempts by the military arm of Canada to violate our rights as a sovran nation must be resolutely opposed using whatever means we as a sovran People deem to be necessary. We will not tolerate the attempts by police or other gangs of thugs in the employ of Canada to violate our sovran territory. Furthermore, we challenge Canada’s assertion of authority over both us and our Lands and we shall hold them to the strictest proof there of. Their jurisdiction having thus been challenged in concert with the numerous acts of genocide perpetrated against us by Canada and its servants, Canadian courts lack the authority to hear any matter which arises out of our challenge to that jurisdiction. While under the Two Row, measures were put into place to provide for negotiation of our differences, this possibility has been seriously undermined by the theft by Canada of monies to have been paid us under treaty and the resultant fact that our representatives are clearly in the employ of Canada. This fact raises serious concerns as to their loyalty. Accordingly, the only appropriate forum for the airing of our differences is and can only be the international community. Accordingly, as directed by our Clan Mothers, we have forwarded the present declaration to the attention of the International Court at the Hague with a request that the international community review our concerns in this matter.


Arnold Douglas Bill Squire
The Office of the Secretary
Mohawk Nation (Kanyen’ Kehaka)
519-445-2595

c.c. International Criminal Court, Post Office Box 19519, 2500 CM The Hague, The Netherlands
Queen Elizabeth II
Minister of Foreign Affairs


Back Grounder:

The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.

The ICC is an independent international organisation, and is not part of the United Nations system. Its seat is at The Hague in the Netherlands. Although the Court’s expenses are funded primarily by States Parties, it also receives voluntary contributions from governments, international organisations, individuals, corporations and other entities.

The international community has long aspired to the creation of a permanent international court, and, in the 20th century, it reached consensus on definitions of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials addressed war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War.

On 17 July 1998, the international community reached an historic milestone when 120 States adopted the Rome Statute, the legal basis for establishing the permanent International Criminal Court.

The Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002 after ratification by 60 countries. - including Canada.

The ICC is based on a treaty, joined by 108 countries.