This court is not ready to accept cases in a way that was promised to the public. There is no court software and I’m advised by Caleb that he will build the software as a case progresses and not before. He also suggests no application form be put on the website – and I’ll let him explain why. In the meantime I am to use public access websites such as Dropbox and Google Docs to store cases with personal information sent in by people who are entrusting us with their contact information and cases. I sent a skeleton court process months ago that has never been implemented and the comments from Caleb were not helpful in gaining ground to allow complete transparency as promised to the public. There is no bank account, no posted, agreed-to fee schedule, and from what I know today, the Board of Trustees is missing a few people. If this is not the case, the information should have been forwarded to me for posting on itnj.org. There is no e-governance system in place as publicly promised, no transparent way to hold court at this time, as promised to the public in our first newsletter, The Natural Justice Report. There is no subpoena form nor is there a way to personally serve the defendant and verify that service was properly made. There is no sitting grand jury – and no way for a grand jury to be involved in any case at this time. This is in direct violation of Article 3, 1-2 of the ITNJ Constitution. In addition, there are no acting prosecutors / defense counsel available to be offered to the parties. There are no court process servers, and no Truth and Reconciliation personnel to refer a case to. For these reasons, any case submitted to the Tribunal will sit in limbo at the expense of the claimant, unless immediately heard by the only judge, the Chief Justice, and the claimant can who will eventually question where his or her $1000 or more fee went. There is no transparent accounting system in place that will give public access to this information, as promised. A case was submitted today by the founder of Humanitad, Sacha Stone, from Duonne Alexander, a newly-appointed Law Commissioner, direct to the Chief Justice – who then reviewed the case with his Law Team and came back with a note of acceptance, before proper submittal and acceptance of a fee, which has yet to be determined and memorialized in writing. The content had to do with financial gain for the Tribunal, according to Humanitad’s founder, and is in direction violation of Article 6, 1-2 of the Constitution. Without a properly seated Board of Trustees to oversee the actions of the Chief Justice and the founder of Humanitad, there is at this time no check and balance system yet in place. We have had a constitutional scholar look over the ITNJ Constitution who pointed out blatant inconsistencies and a shift of power to the upper echelon of this court, in direct violation of Article 6, 1-2 of the ITNJ Constitution. This was done in response to the persistent requests from the Chief Justice that power be shifted to the judges and not the grand jury, the people. The Oath should be made a permanent part of the ITNJ Constitution, all members of the Tribunal including myself should officially take it, nor should it be posted as a separate paragraph on itnj.org; rather in an official, signed document such as the Constitution. It should also be included in Procedures of the Court.
Article 5 of the ITNJ Constitution clearly only leaves room for active / nonactive BAR members as judges. This is a consistent problem in gaining acceptance with the people of the operations of the ITNJ, and one I agree with as it leaves no room for anyone else to become a judge. This has been a consistent issue with our team as we attempt to build public support for the ITNJ and an argument we cannot settle as the facts speak for themselves. For all the reasons above, I will not accept the case of Duonne Alexander – nor any case at this time, in my capacity as Chief Admin Clerk of the International Tribunal for Natural Justice. It is not honorable, transparent, in keeping with public promises, nor is it likely any claimant at this time will receive remedy as promised. It is with regret that I make this statement but I cannot in an honorable and transparent way accept any cases until the issues above are clearly and concisely addressed. Sue Rhoades, Chief Admin Clerk, International Tribunal for Natural Justice