5. It is clear that CIDA’s opinion covers not only measures planned for use but also measures applicable to the design of such munitions/submunitions. These views are reproduced below as being of interest. … (vii) In all projects for and designs of new weapons, the Argentine Republic has carried out the checks called for under …
I. Introduction 1. International humanitarian law (IHL) aims at limiting the suffering engendered by war and mitigate its effects. To that end, IHL has become a complex set of norms comprised of six main treaties, additional treaties and a dense framework of customary norms that restrict the violence in time of war. This normative structure …
1. At the 2018 session of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), Argentina presented working paper CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.2 on strengthening the legal weapons review mechanisms established in accordance with Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the 1949 Geneva Conventions relative to the …
Reviews of new weapons systems in the context of rapid pace of technological advancement requires scientific and technical capacities that in connection with [AWS] will clearly show the gap in the positions of states when they analyse new technologies and their compliance with international law. Taking into account the existence of these gaps, my delegation …
Argentina, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, State of Palestine, Uruguay
4. The current cycle of GGE shall aim to formally recognize the common elements that have arisen through constructive engagement among delegations throughout the CCW discussions on autonomous weapon systems (AWS), particularly in the last GGE cycle. These common elements include recognizing: … (h) the importance of the obligation of states to conduct national weapons …
Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, State of Palestine, Switzerland, Uruguay
1. This Working Paper sets out the following considerations and elements for the future work of the Group. The GGE should: … 13. Recall the obligation for States to conduct national weapon reviews, as codified in Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions, to determine, in the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a …
Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Uruguay
Article 4: Review of Weapons Sec 1: Each High Contracting Party shall ensure that weapon systems under development or modification which changes the effects or use of existing weapon systems, including as a result of self-learning process, must be reviewed to ensure compliance with international law. Sec 2: Each High Contracting Party shall be transparent …
Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, State of Palestine, Uruguay
9. … Our delegations are of the view that stronger focus should be given to the following principles, which should be the elements of a normative framework on LAWS: (j) … States should be transparent regarding all aspects of the development of their weapons systems, as well as their processes for reviewing new weapons. States …
In 2018 and 2019, Argentina presented documents CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.2 and CCW/GGE.1/2019/WP.6, highlighting the existing obligations to conduct weapons assessments under Article 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949[.] Argentina – Contribution Res. 78/241 (24 May 2024)
Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone, State of Palestine, Uruguay
Article 5: Review of Weapons Sec. 1: Each High Contracting Party shall ensure that weapon systems under development or modification which changes the effects or use of existing weapon systems, including as a result of self-learning processes, must be reviewed to ensure compliance with international law. Sec. 2: Each High Contracting Party shall adhere to …
We suggest that there is a need to strengthen the issue of responsibility in the creation and production of autonomous systems, making them auditable and limiting to the black box. In 2018 and 2019, we presented two documents emphasizing the existing obligations to carry out assessments of weapons under Article 36 of the Additional Protocol …
8. Nuevas armas En relación con los procedimientos formales para el examen de la legalidad de nuevas armas, de acuerdo con la normativa que regula las distintas actividades que desempeñan las Fuerzas Armadas, los nuevos desarrollos deben ser sometidos al análisis de legalidad dentro de las respectivas reparticiones competentes. La totalidad del armamento de las …
