{{Short description|Legal concept}} In international law, a '''criminal order''' or '''illegal order''' is a military order for the commission of a war crime or other violation of international criminal law. Because superior orders do not exonerate such violations, it is obligatory to disobey the order. Furthermore, the commander is also responsible under the doctrine of command responsibility.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Osiel |first1=Mark J. |title=Obeying Orders: Atrocity, Military Discipline and the Law of War |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-50257-3 |page=3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fEMrDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22criminal+orders%22&pg=PP1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sayapin |first1=Sergey |title=The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law: Jus Ad Bellum, Jus In Bello, Jus Post Bellum |date=2018 |publisher=T.M.C. Asser Press |isbn=978-94-6265-222-4 |pages=313–326 |language=en |chapter=An Alleged “Genocide of Russian-Speaking Persons” in Eastern Ukraine: Some Observations on the “Hybrid” Application of International Criminal Law by the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation}}</ref>
==See also== *''Befehlsnotstand'' *Criminal orders
==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |last1=Sato |first1=Hiromi |title=The Execution of Illegal Orders and International Criminal Responsibility |date=2011 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-3-642-16753-9 |language=en}} {{War crimes}} Category:International law legal terminology Category:War crimes by type