Examples of using Illegal orders in English and their translations into Russian
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No obligation to carry out illegal orders.
Illegal orders, especially when their execution is resulting in a violation of IHL, must not be carried out.
No obligation to carry out illegal orders.
Article 225, headed"Illegal orders", provides:"No member of the armed forces shall be responsible for: 1.
Nobody who had carried out manifestly illegal orders could plead innocence.
They attacked Iraq like wolves," and added that"the best thing British troops can do is to refuse to obey illegal orders.
Citizens have the right not to accept illegal orders or orders that offend their rights.
These courses address the illegalities, protection of civilians,respect for human rights and illegal orders.
If, however, the person concerned refused to obey manifestly illegal orders, he or she could not be punished.
Thus, the Steering Committee calls on the Armenian authorities to stop such indiscriminate actions in relation to the citizens andto severely punish those members of the security forces who issued these illegal orders and executed them.
He wondered how public officials who were given illegal orders could protect themselves from reprisals by their superiors if they refused to carry them out.
Dina Timofti, chief-accountant, had been accused of being accomplice, alleged to have executed the illegal orders given by her superiors.
Commendably, civil servants now had the right to disobey illegal orders, but it was not clear if the previous immunity from prosecution in such cases had been abolished, both legally as well as in practice.
The requirement in article 2, paragraph 3, of the Convention is dealt with by article156 of the Constitution, which establishes that illegal orders need not be carried out.
The refusal of illegal orders was also an obligation, not a matter of conscientious objection, but any change in giving protection to service personnel who attempted to refuse illegal orders should be commended.
In the additional phrase--"which does not apply to such manifestly illegal orders"-- he wondered what the"such" implied.
In order to promote an environment in which human rights abuses are not tolerated,States provide legal protections against reprisals for members of intelligence services who refuse to carry out illegal orders.
With reference to paragraph 68 of the periodic report, it was very important to make it clear that article 2 of the Convention did not establish that"illegal orders need not be carried out" but rather that there was an obligation not to carry them out.
The obligation to refuse illegal orders is closely linked to the availability of internal and external mechanisms through which intelligence service employees can voice their concerns about illegal orders see practice 18 below.
The possibility of suspending article 5 of the Constitution during states of exception does not appear to be compatible with the Covenant, since it suspends in general terms the right of the individual to do what the law does not prohibit andnot to be compelled to obey illegal orders.
A requirement for members of intelligence services to refuse illegal orders is an important safeguard against possible human rights abuses, as well as against incumbent Governments ordering intelligence services to take action to further or protect their own interests.
In the third sentence, Ms. Wedgwood had proposed to remove the word"legal" from"impediments" at the beginning and he and Ms. Wedgwood had proposed to insert, after the words"obedience tosuperior orders" the phrase", which does not apply to such manifestly illegal orders.
Mr. Scheinin said that he objected to Sir Nigel Rodley's proposal to add the phrase"which does not apply to such manifestly illegal orders" in the third sentence, because the concept of"the defence of obedience to superior officers" should be left unqualified and open to interpretation.
The features of the crime of torture are communicated to the personnel of the national Security Forces so that they are aware, beyond any doubt or excuse, that torture is illegal and cannot be justified, that they cannot be instructed to act otherwise, andthat punishment for failure to obey illegal orders in connection with torture is prohibited.
With regard to guarantees of protection for persons who refused to carry out illegal orders, article 42(para. 4) of the Criminal Code established that refusal by a person to obey an illegal order relieved that person of any criminal responsibility and ensured that he or she would suffer no consequences from such acts of disobedience.
During 5 months of this year, hotlines of the country's prosecution bodies received 1450 reports from business entities, including 32 on illegal interference in their activities(5 illegal inspections, 1 request of excessive reporting,4 giving illegal orders, 22 resolutions violating their rights), and 13 on untimely consideration of their reports, etc.
Article 38 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia"On the Police" prescribes that if a police officer receives obviously illegal orders, commands and administrative orders contradicting the law from his or her supervisors(immediate or direct) or other authorised officials, the police officer shall be obliged to be guided solely by the requirements of the law, informing his or her superior thereof.
Those who receive an illegal order from a superior officer are not compelled to follow it.
Refusal to give or obey an illegal order to use force against another citizen.
The illegal ordering of the displacement of civilians.