ACT Law Society
- agentorangechild
- Aug 5
- 6 min read
Updated: 23 hours ago
References to the Law Society relate to formal complaints supported by documented evidence. All statements reflect actual correspondence. No assumptions are made and no findings are implied.
Your ref:
Our ref: /25
5/08/2025 8:56 AM
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Mrs. Danielle Stevens
Via email: dannistevens18@gmail.com
Dear Mrs. Stevens,
Complaint lodged against Mr. Michael Johnson
We refer to your complaint lodged against Mr. Johnson and Others.
We kindly request that you provide us with additional information - please answer the questions below:
Who each officer is and how you know they are legally qualified.
Please provide the details of where each named legal officer works, their position title (if known), their contact details and confirm these are officers with whom you have had contact (or advise how you have otherwise identified them in relation to the complaint).
What is it specifically that each officer has done (or failed to do) and the dates of the actions or inactions of your complaint.
How you know each officer has done or not done what you claim they did- please detail and provide the evidence you are relying on to support your claims about each legal officers’ actions/inactions.
Please do not hesitate to reply to this email if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Regulatory Services Team
Subject: Formal Response – Complaint Against Mr. Michael Johnson and Others
Date: 5 August 2025
To: Regulatory Services Team
From: Danielle Stevens
Email: dannistevens18@gmail.com
Dear Regulatory Services Team,
All named officers — including Mr. Michael Johnson — are heads of legal or senior legal staff who have blocked or denied my legal rights under international law.
Their actions and omissions constitute violations of binding treaties to which Australia is a party, including:
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – denial of redress and legal remedy (Articles 2 and 26)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – denial of access to healthcare, support, and recognition of disability caused by chemical exposure (Articles 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, and 25)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) – failure to recognise inherited harm and second-generation impacts from war toxins (Articles 3, 6, 24)
The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) – failure to protect against or acknowledge harm from TCDD (Agent Orange), including intergenerational exposure
The United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights – failure of legal oversight and noncompliance with due diligence obligations
The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises – breaches of Chapters III (Disclosure), IV (Human Rights), and VI (Environment)
I reject the framing of your questions, which imply that the burden of proof or investigation lies on the harmed party. This response itself is evidence of the broader systemic pattern: those who have suffered harm are repeatedly forced to justify their own existence, while those in power evade accountability.
The legal officers I named are not abstract figures. They are individuals who:
Signed or authorised legal denials
Failed to act on clear evidence
Refused to implement screening, redress, or recognition of harm
Deflected international law using domestic silence
These are not allegations. They are documented facts, submitted to the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, and now to your office.
I request you proceed with the investigation as lodged. Further attempts to stall or reframe this complaint as incomplete will also be documented and forwarded to international review bodies as part of the broader obstruction pattern.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
5/08/2025 11:37 AM
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Mrs Danielle Stevens
Via email: dannistevens18@gmail.com
Dear Mrs Stevens,
Complaint lodged against Mr Michael Johnson
We confirm receipt of your email dated 5 August 2025.
We will review the response and respond to you in due course.
Kind regards,
Regulatory Services Team
Subject: Response Timeframe – Complaint Against Mr. Michael Johnson
Date: 5 August 2025
To: Regulatory Services Team
Ref: a0pRE000002GYvqYAG
Dear Regulatory Services Team,
Thank you for confirming receipt of my response dated 5 August 2025.
Given the seriousness of the matters raised — including documented violations of international human rights law, legal complicity in systemic harm, and obstruction of redress related to war-related chemical exposure — I require a formal response no later than:
Friday 29th August at 4:00pm
Failure to respond by this deadline will be treated as formal inaction and recorded in international submissions, including:
Annex B of my complaint to the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Active case files with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC)
Notifications lodged with the International Bar Association (IBA) and OECD National Contact Point Network
This matter is no longer administrative — it is legal, international, and criminal in scope.
Please confirm that this deadline has been noted.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
Your ref:
Our ref: /25
14/08/2025 9:26 AM
PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
Mrs Danielle Stevens
Via email: dannistevens18@gmail.com
Dear Mrs Stevens,
Complaint lodged against Mr Michael Johnson
We refer to your email dated 5 August 2025.
To progress your complaint, we again request that you provide specific particulars regarding each of the legal officers you have named and about their conduct.
The Law Society of the ACT is responsible for regulating the legal profession and upholding professional standards in the public interest. Our core functions include managing complaints about professional conduct and prosecuting disciplinary matters where appropriate.
We do not suggest that the individuals you have named are fictitious. However, to properly assess your complaint, we require sufficient detail about their identities and the nature of the conduct you allege. This information is essential to determine whether the matter falls within the jurisdiction and remit of the Law Society.
As with all civil matters, the burden of proof rests with the complainant. If your complaint discloses conduct that falls within the jurisdiction of the Law Society, we may be able to assist by undertaking further fact-finding and assessing the conduct in question to establish the relevant facts.
You have mentioned that ‘These are not allegations. They are documented facts, submitted to the International Criminal Court, the United Nations, and now to your office.’ With respect, your complaint will remain as unsubstantiated allegations unless and until sufficient evidence is provided to support the claims.
Kind regards,
Regulatory Services Team
[Ref: a0pRE000002K2m5YAC]
Subject: Formal Response – International Law Violations, Treaty Breach, and Professional Misconduct
To the Regulatory Services Team,
Your letter dated 14 August 2025 acknowledges my complaint regarding Mr Michael Johnson and other named legal officers, yet frames the matter as though it falls solely within the scope of “civil” disputes. This is incorrect.
My complaint concerns:
Breach of binding international law – including the Stockholm Convention (ratified by Australia in 2004) and associated obligations under the Basel and Rotterdam Conventions. These treaties are not optional; they require domestic implementation, monitoring, and protection of civilians from persistent organic pollutants such as TCDD.
Violation of eight formal United Nations warnings issued to Australia between 2011 and 2021 concerning second-generation harm from Agent Orange (TCDD) exposure. These warnings come from multiple treaty bodies — CRC, CRPD, CESCR, CERD, HRC, Human Rights Council, and UN Special Rapporteurs.
Professional misconduct within the legal profession – specifically, legal officers knowingly suppressing or obstructing recognition of harm and redress obligations arising from these treaty breaches. Such conduct is incompatible with the duties of honesty, integrity, and compliance with law required under the Legal Profession Uniform Law and relevant professional conduct rules.
I remind the Law Society that under Article 27 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, no party may invoke the provisions of its internal law as justification for failure to perform a treaty. Where lawyers knowingly assist in such failure, they are complicit in breaches of international law and, in this case, potential crimes against humanity under Article 7 of the Rome Statute.
You now have:
The names of the legal officers.
The treaties and legal instruments breached.
The UN warnings ignored.
Confirmation that the matter is before the International Criminal Court and has been lodged with the United Nations.
It is therefore insufficient to suggest this is merely “unsubstantiated allegations” requiring further particulars before consideration. The particulars are established by the attached evidence trail — already in the hands of the ICC and UN — which I am willing to provide in full to the Law Society.
I require confirmation that the Law Society will:
(a) Treat this as a professional conduct matter linked to serious breaches of law, not a standard civil complaint; and
(b) Undertake immediate fact-finding to determine the extent of the legal profession’s role in enabling or covering up these breaches.
Failure to act will be recorded as further evidence of institutional inaction and complicity for inclusion in my ICC Annexes.
All further evidence should reference my website, which contains full research, records, and ongoing updates:
All correspondence and responses will be publicly documented in my blog for review by international authorities at any time.
Warm Agent Orange Burns regards,
Danielle Stevens
We will always be a child of a Vietnam Veteran
A formal complaint has been lodged with the International Criminal Court for Crimes against Humanity. The final submission was the 1st of July 2025.
Australia ratified International treaties but failed to implement them into domestic laws.
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