'Superior orders - national proceedings' in document 'Macedonia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

34. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

Accountability of the inferior for crime committed upon order by the superior

Article 416-c

(1) The commitment of the crimes stipulated in the articles 403 through 416-a upon an order by a military commandant or other superior does not release the inferior of criminal accountability.

(2) The inferior who will commit a crime stipulated in the articles 403 through 416-a upon request by the superior or upon lawful decision, if he/she had legal obligation to obey the order or decision, and he/she did not know that it is illegal, and from the circumstances it was not obvious.