The suggestion to limit the evaluation of the development and employment of LAWS to a purely national exercise including national reviews under Article-36, while appealing and convenient for the developers of such technologies, is not convincing or satisfactory for us and the large majority present here. Statement by Pakistan Delegation during the Session on “Way …
We are of the view that a Political Declaration or non-legally binding Code of Conduct comprising voluntary measures can only be an interim step towards a legally binding instrument. Similarly, the “weapon review” required under Article 36 of [AP I] is not sufficient to deal with the development of LAWS. These national reviews, regardless of …
We would also like to appreciate your deft handling of this body and your introduction under this topic, which we found very useful. Some very pertinent questions were raised by you. … [W]e can go with you, when you characterise our discussions under this topic, that there is significant convergence in terms of value of …
23. … National regulations and responses alone such as national weapons reviews are useful but not sufficient. The GGE is not the platform to confer legitimacy on national measures, which cannot be verified. Proposal for an international legal instrument on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS): submitted by Pakistan (8 March 2023) CCW/GGE.1/2023/WP.3/Rev.1
…ensuring IHL compliance must begin at the development stage. And right now many Delegations have pointed out—delegation of Italy also has pointed out—that Article 36 of the Additional Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions do affirm the necessity of ensuring compliance with IHL from the inception stage of a weapon cycle. The very purpose of …
