Centre for Military Ethics: Ethics Playing Cards

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Si un militaire reçoit un ordre qui, selon lui, est illégal, que devrait-il faire?

Qu’est-ce que vous en pensez? Est-il évident que l’ordre est illégal?

• If an order is clearly illegal, military personnel MUST refuse to follow it.

• A member of the military should challenge the person who issues the order to make them aware that it is illegal.

• Doing something illegal because you are following an order is not an excuse or legal defence for the individual.

See 6 of Clubs

Nikki Coleman, ‘The Unlimited Liability Contract and its Effects on Serving Military Personnel’, in George Lucas (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Military Ethics, (Routledge, Abingdon, 2015), p280.

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