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'Manifestly unlawful order' in document 'Armenia - Criminal Code'

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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

General Part

Section 2.

Crime.

Chapter 8.

Circumstances excluding the criminality of the act.

Article 47. Execution of an order or instruction.

2. The person who committed a willful crime by obviously illegal order or instruction is liable on common grounds.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 33
Superior orders and prescription of law
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.