International Law Department

Subject: Legal Notice – Medical Negligence, Treaty Breach, and Criminal Denial of TCDD Harm by Dr David Rosengren

7/7/2025

Dear Office of International Law

This email places your office on formal notice of a serious breach of Australia’s international obligations, involving both systemic medical negligence and active denial of toxic chemical harm linked to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), a Class 1 dioxin present in Agent Orange.

On 4 July 2025, Dr David Rosengren, Director-General of Queensland Health, issued a signed letter denying all liability for lifelong medical harm resulting from in utero TCDD exposure. His denial followed official notifications of:

• My diagnosis and status as the child of a Vietnam veteran exposed to Agent Orange

• An Article 15 submission to the International Criminal Court (ICC)

• A coordinated OECD complaint (Case 36) involving multiple governments and corporations

• Australia’s obligations under the Stockholm Convention, the CRC, CRPD, ICCPR, and Rome Statute

Dr Rosengren’s written response ignored internationally recognised toxicology, congenital harm warnings, and existing public health alerts about dioxins issued by NICNAS, WHO, and the UN. He chose silence on every scientific, legal, and ethical point raised — despite knowing this was now an international legal matter.

This letter was not a misstep. It was an act of calculated denial, signed by a state health authority after receiving direct ICC notification. That makes it criminally reckless, both under public health duty of care and under Article 7 of the Rome Statute: persecution through denial of redress.

I allege the following:

• Gross medical negligence in failing to investigate or screen for chemical harm

• Wilful malpractice in dismissing congenital and degenerative harm despite toxicological indicators

• Violation of treaty obligations to protect the health rights of children, persons with disabilities, and victims of chemical warfare

• Procedural obstruction by Queensland Health at the highest level of governance

• Criminal liability for denial of recognised harm, contrary to Australia’s own treaty commitments

Dr Rosengren’s letter has now been annexed to my ICC submission and logged in Annex B of my OECD file as evidence of institutional persecution. The Attorney-General’s Department and Prime Minister’s Office have also received formal notification.

This is now a test of your department’s willingness to enforce the very laws you are bound to uphold. If you do not act on this, Australia’s credibility in upholding international law collapses further — and your silence will be recorded as state-enabled complicity.

Please confirm receipt and advise whether a formal review will now be initiated.