Orders from a Superior.
Section 12
SECTION 12. Orders from a Superior. — The fact that a crime defined and penalized under this Act has been committed by a person pursuant to an order of a government or a superior, whether military or civilian, shall not relieve that person of criminal responsibility unless all of the following elements occur: The person was under a legal obligation to obey orders of the government or the superior in question; The person did not know that the order was unlawful; and The order was not manifestly unlawful. For the purposes of this section, orders to commit genocide or other crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful.