BOOK I
GENERAL PART
TITLE II
ON CRIME
CHAPTER V
CAUSES FOR EXCLUSION
SECTION II
CAUSES FOR EXCLUSION OF GUILT
Article 50. Exculpatory undue obedience
A public servant who obeys an order not knowing that it leads to commission of a crime, acts without guilt, if the unlawfulness of the act is not evident from the circumstances surrounding it.
1. The fact that a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a Government or of a superior, whether military or civilian, shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless:
(c) The order was not manifestly unlawful.
2. For the purposes of this article, orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful.