Know Your Rights and Obligations

This web site is provided as a free public service to all US military as well as US law enforcement.

All members of the military, law enforcement, and civil employees have the right — and in some cases the duty — to refuse illegal orders.

Your oath is to the Constitution (which incorporates international treaties ratified by the U.S. on human rights and the law of war), not to the Commander-in-Chief or to any other individual in the chain of command. cite

Facing a decision about a possible illegal order?
Read the oath you actually took.
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