BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II
OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY
CHAPTER II
GROUNDS FOR ABSENCE OR ATTENTUATION OF LIABILITY
ARTICLE 122-4
A person is not criminally liable who performs an action commanded by a lawful authority, unless the action is manifestly unlawful.
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.