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On the subject of soldiers and the law, if this war is illegal under international law, does that then make any British soldier who goes guilty of a war crime? Does obeying orders count as a defence, and conversely, do soldiers have the right under military law to disobey orders that might, say, involve them attacking civilians? If the answer to both is no, then soldiers would seem to be in a Catch-22 situation. Julie --On Wednesday, March 19, 2003 10:28 AM +0000 "Chris.Williams" <Chris.Williams@open.ac.uk> wrote: > And, as ever, the moment I'd sent this off, I finally dug out the answer. > It's two years if convicted in Crown Court, three months if in a > magistrates' court. I love human rights, me. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris.Williams > To: 'casi-discuss ' > Sent: 19/03/2003 10:07 > Subject: [casi] Query on incitement to mutiny > > I'm not a lawyer, but for some reason or other I need to know how UK > law > currently stands on the issue of calling upon members of the armed > forces to > desert or mutiny. Can anyone on the list tell me, or point me in the > right > direction? > > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit > http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss > To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk > All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. > To unsubscribe, visit > http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the > list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are > archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk