1 General Part
CHAPTER II- CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
Article 21 Exercising a right or fulfilling a duty
A person bears no criminal responsibility if he acts to exercise rights or fulfill duties determined by law or an order ruled by a competent authority, unless the order is obviously unlawful.
When the criminal act is committed as a result of an unlawful order, then the person who has given such an order shall be held responsible.
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.