HSRP-662

Orders do not excuse taking part in crimes under international law where moral choice was possible, and orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful

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1. Header

Number
HSRP-662
Category
Natural Law
Grade
ESTABLISHED
Status
ACTIVE
Entry form
Full
First entered
2026-10-18
Last revised
Not recorded
Register entry
https://worldfreedomcore.com/hsrp-research-notes#HSRP-662

2. The claim, in full

Orders do not excuse taking part in crimes under international law where moral choice was possible, and orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful

Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC49 (brief item AH49). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: "ESTABLISHED in international law". Rome art. 33(2) read only as quoted in CM v SSHD [2012] UKUT 236 (IAC), para 12 (secondary). Principle IV read on the ICRC treaty database; the IMT sentence on Avalon.

3. What it rests on

No confidence intervals are recorded for any figure in this block.

4. Sources

5. Counter-evidence

6. Why this grade

ESTABLISHED in international law

The register defines ESTABLISHED as: Supported directly by primary texts or published findings.

7. Correction history

No correction events are recorded. The entry's status is ACTIVE: no later entry amends, supersedes or withdraws it.

8. Related observations

No related observations are linked in the register.

9. Where this appears on the site

Content pages that cite this observation inline:

Pages citing a source this observation rests on: /sovereign-citizens, /evidence-of-the-breach.

10. Open questions

Not yet recorded for this observation.

11. Machine block

The register record this page was generated from, with the derived fields added:

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  "grade": "ESTABLISHED",
  "status": "ACTIVE",
  "category": "LAW",
  "title": "Orders do not excuse taking part in crimes under international law where moral choice was possible, and orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful",
  "entry_form": "full",
  "note": "Cited on: /sovereign-citizens. Entered 2026-10-18 by the SOVEREIGN CITIZENS block, tag NEW-SC49 (brief item AH49). THE PAGE'S OWN GRADE LINE READS: \"ESTABLISHED in international law\". Rome art. 33(2) read only as quoted in CM v SSHD [2012] UKUT 236 (IAC), para 12 (secondary). Principle IV read on the ICRC treaty database; the IMT sentence on Avalon.",
  "n": 662,
  "ref": "HSRP-662",
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    "SRC-1240",
    "SRC-702"
  ],
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  "category_name": "Natural Law",
  "supplement": "029",
  "entered": "2026-10-18",
  "evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Nuremberg Principle IV: \"The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him.\" [SRC-702]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-702"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "IMT Judgment, \"The Law of the Charter\": \"The true test, which is found in varying degrees in the criminal law of most nations, is not the existence of the order, but whether moral choice was in fact possible.\" [SRC-702]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-702"
      ]
    },
    {
      "statement": "Rome Statute, art. 33(2), as quoted in CM v SSHD [2012] UKUT 236 (IAC), para 12: \"orders to commit genocide or crimes against humanity are manifestly unlawful\" [SRC-1240]",
      "sources": [
        "SRC-1240"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "grade_rationale": "ESTABLISHED in international law",
  "counter_evidence": [
    {
      "statement": "Article 8 of the London Charter had no \"moral choice\" proviso; the International Law Commission added it in 1950, taking the words from the judgment."
    }
  ],
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}
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