nearly every military in the world have this today, Geneva accords require militaries to allow it. After ww2 with all the German soldiers saying "Just following orders", they put this into international law. All signatories to the Geneva Accords have this

In Sweden too, you're allowed to disobey orders that are illegal, too dangerous, or violates human rights.

Laws do not matter when they're not enforced. Technically even the American military is supposed to refuse unlawful orders but they don't. Millions of innocent Iraqis, Afghans, Libyans and others are evidence of that but just like the Germans supported Nazism and their military committing war crimes, the Americans do as well albeit under the pretext of human rights.

In fact, they are not only allowed but *obliged* to disobey if their obedience would mean committing a crime. The dignity of man is enshrined as inviolable by §1 of the German constitution. Thus anything that would violate it is a crime according to German law.

Lydia Dean-Melchior is so rude

Meanwhile in the US soldiers are treated and see as dogs and are denied adequate mental healthcare after being forced to do God only knows what overseas.

As it should be.

For all Americans going bonkers when they say "Germany", how about you read this first? I know you won´t, since you are too far up the @ss of your soldiers to see mistakes and BP loves to delete the truth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Ghraib_torture_and_prisoner_abuse

This condition should be also prescribed to the US military.

it's the same in every modern, democracy's military...

An edict no doubt born from the suffering of others. I fully agree with it.

It's not that they are allowed. They are obligated right?

This is such a progressive army, I wish this was allowed worldwide.

I find that hard to believe.

But they had better be right!!!!

One of my customers actually told me about this. He said his father had orders to shoot on sight anyone violating human rights in any way.

Irony...

Well, now anyway.

Shame that didn’t apply in the 1930s......

Interesting as service men and women are so brain washed to fight to protect. I wonder if that includes the rampant ( all countries) abusing verbally, raping and well known violations of fellow female service women who chose to also fight for their country?

Wow!

They learned from history.

The same is true in our military. Orders can be ignored if considered illegal.

They learned from history - too bad we don't .

US soldiers also have the right to refuse unlawful orders

Actually, they are required by law to disobey laws that are "illegal".

Pity someone didn't mention this to Adolf!!

They learnt this lesson the hard way...

The U.S. Army is supposed to work the same way. A soldier should always refuse any order that conflicts with the Rules of Engagement or military code of conduct.

Somewhat unfortunate that principle didn't apply a century ago. I mean, you could disagree... you just got lined up and shot. And the cynic in me thinks you'd still be punished for disobeying orders in this day and age.

*dies*

Good! They've learned the lessons of the past.

*clap**clap**clap*

And they've replaced the goose-step with . . . err . . . the Robot-walk!

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In the US you can disobey an order that violates the law, from my understanding.

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That’s also true for American soldiers. As a matter of fact, there have been court martial convictions based on soldiers obeying illegal orders

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Well this isn't a surprise given their history.

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I guess the Holocaust taught them something.

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80 years too late but hey ho...