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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION TWO. CRIME

CHAPTER IX. CIRCUMSTANCES RELIEVING RESPONSIBILITY

Article 37. Fulfilment of Order or Instruction
1. Criminal liability shall not be imposed upon the one who prejudiced a legal good at the time of fulfilling obligatory order or instruction. Criminal liability for such prejudice shall be imposed upon the one who issued the illegal order or instruction.
2. The person shall be subject to criminal liability for wittingly fulfilling a criminal order or instruction according to the general rule if there is no other circumstance relieving responsibility.

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.