Defence 30 day Legal Notice
- agentorangechild
- Jun 8
- 2 min read
Subject: Early Legal Notice – CDDA Claim, Treaty Breaches, and Pending ICC Annex Submission
3rd June 2025
To: Mitch, Legal Officer
Department of Defence – Legal Division
This is formal early notice that I have submitted a legal case to the International Criminal Court (ICC) under Article 15 of the Rome Statute. The case concerns crimes against humanity and transnational organised crime related to Australia’s long-standing refusal to recognise or redress second-generation harm caused by TCDD (Agent Orange) exposure.
You received my CDDA submission one week ago. I am allowing the full 28 day window for a proper response. However, this early notice serves to formally inform you of the gravity and legal escalation of this matter.
The broader legal context includes:
The Rome Statute (Articles 7 and 25)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)
The Stockholm Convention
CDDA scheme requirements under Australian administrative law
If your office, or those advising you, were aware of the relevant Royal Commission findings, international treaty obligations, or patterns of denial to second-generation survivors — then inaction now may constitute complicity in ongoing harm.
You have until 30th June 2025 to:
Acknowledge this notice and your role
Confirm receipt and progress of my CDDA claim
Respond in good faith and outline next steps
If no engagement occurs by that deadline, your office will be formally listed in Annex B of my ICC submission as having been informed and silent.
This matter will not disappear — it is now on international legal record.
After that, your silence will speak for you — forever.
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 is 1st of July 2025
All correspondence can be included in legal proceedings.
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