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Office of Detainee Protection & Habeas Affairs (ODPHA)
The Office of Detainee Protection & Habeas Affairs (ODPHA)
Safeguarding Hawaiian Subjects and Protected Persons Under Occupation
By the Office of Hawaiian Subjects (OHS)
Kingdom of the Hawaiian Islands — Government in Continuity
Why ODPHA Exists
Under international humanitarian law, detention during occupation is not a free exercise of power.
It is a regulated exception, bound by strict legal duties.
The Office of Detainee Protection & Habeas Affairs (ODPHA) exists because those duties have been routinely ignored.
ODPHA was lawfully ratified by the Office of Hawaiian Subjects (OHS) to protect Hawaiian Subjects and other civilians who are detained, confined, or restrained by the occupying power—the United States Government—and its administrative proxy, the State of Hawaii.
ODPHA does not disrupt detention facilities.
ODPHA does not interfere with courts.
ODPHA documents, protects, and preserves.
Legal Foundation
Legal Foundation: Protection Is Not Optional
The law of occupation recognizes civilians in custody as Protected Persons.
ODPHA operates under:
Hawaiian Kingdom law in continuity
Geneva Convention IV (1949)
Customary International Humanitarian Law
The inherent right to challenge unlawful detention (habeas corpus)
These laws impose clear obligations on detaining authorities, including:
Humane treatment at all times
Individualized review of detention
Prohibition of retaliation or intimidation
Access to medical care, family contact, and due process
Failure to meet these obligations is not an oversight.
It is recordable misconduct.
What ODPHA Does?
What ODPHA Does — Exactly
ODPHA is a civilian, humanitarian, non-enforcement office.
Its authority is protective and procedural, never coercive.
Core Functions
ODPHA systematically:
Identifies detained Hawaiian Subjects and civilians
Verifies subject status and protected person eligibility
Registers detainees in a secure humanitarian registry
Issues Protection Notices to custodial authorities
Monitors detention conditions (medical care, isolation, access)
Tracks jurisdictional claims and responses
Documents retaliation, neglect, or abuse
Supports habeas corpus challenges through record-building
Assists families and next of kin
Preserves detention records for future review and adjudication
Every action creates a timeline.
Every timeline limits deniability.
The COPP Certificate
The COPP Certificate: Notice That Carries Legal Weight
One of ODPHA’s primary humanitarian tools is the Certificate of Protected Person (COPP).
A COPP Certificate:
Places custodial authorities on formal notice
Requires individualized review of detention
Prohibits retaliation or collective punishment
Enables humanitarian monitoring
Preserves evidence if harm continues
A COPP Certificate does not demand release.
It demands lawful treatment.
Once notice is given, continued harm may be considered willful.
Habeas Affairs
Habeas Affairs: Making Silence Legally Dangerous
ODPHA tracks habeas-related communications with precision.
The Habeas Documentation Path
Detention Identified
Protection Notice Served
Request for Jurisdictional Basis Issued
Response Deadline Assigned
Silence or Defective Response Logged
Default Certified
Pattern of Unlawful Confinement Established
ODPHA does not argue emotionally.
It allows time and silence to create the legal consequence.
Monitoring Detention Conditions
Detention is not merely about legality—it is about treatment.
ODPHA monitors and documents:
Medical neglect
Isolation or punitive segregation
Denial of counsel or family contact
Threats or coercion
Transfers without notice
Retaliation after protected status is asserted
Each incident is logged, timestamped, and cross-referenced.
No confrontation is required.
The record speaks later.
How ODPHA Escalates
How ODPHA Escalates — Lawfully
ODPHA escalation is automatic, not discretionary:
Notice issued
Deadline assigned
Silence or non-compliance recorded
Default certified
Pattern established
Dossier compiled
External humanitarian or international review opened
At every stage, detaining authorities retain the safest option:
comply humanely and document it.
Relationship to OCOM
ODPHA does not operate in isolation.
ODPHA protects individuals
OCOM documents systemic conduct
Together, they ensure that unlawful detention is not treated as an isolated mistake, but as part of a traceable administrative pattern.
This integration transforms individual harm into prosecutable evidence.
Authority Through Restraint
ODPHA’s strength lies in what it refuses to do.
It does not:
Arrest
Threaten
Interfere
Impersonate courts
This restraint preserves credibility and ensures that when the record is reviewed—by humanitarian bodies, tribunals, or restored lawful courts—it remains unassailable.
An Opportunity Before the Record Closes
Every Protection Notice is an invitation, not a confrontation:
“Review. Correct. Treat humanely.
Before silence is certified.”
ODPHA exists to protect life, dignity, and legal identity during occupation—
and to ensure that no detention disappears into administrative darkness.
Office of Hawaiian Subjects (OHS)
Protecting the detained. Preserving the record.
Letting law and time do the work.
