An appeal to the Australian Human Rights Commission by
Australian military veterans arising from Britain's nuclear
bomb tests in the Outback is gaining momentum.
Lodged by Stacks human rights lawyer Joshua Dale representing
several hundred nuclear veterans, the appeal asks the commission to
find the government of the 1950s and 60s breached their human
rights by ordering them to be exposed to deadly radioactive
fallout.
Since the appeal was lodged in February there has been an
upswell of support from politicians on all sides of politics to
finally do the right thing by the veterans. The commission itself
has asked for more information, which is a hopeful sign.
Dale's appeal argues the decision by the Menzies government
in the 1950s to host Britain's nuclear tests on Australian soil
and order Australians to be used as virtual guinea pigs breached
three articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
