GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER V
CIRCUMSTANCES ELIMINATING CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Article 33. Execution of an Order
2. A person shall be held criminally liable where he executed an order, ordinance or instruction known to be 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.