The ICRC welcomes efforts to improve implementation of IHL, including through enhancing mechanisms to review the legality of new weapons. Conducting legal reviews of weapon systems with autonomy in their critical functions can raise challenges, in particular regarding standards of predictability and reliability. The ICRC encourages the exchange of information and experiences about these processes, …
Au-delà de ces aspects fondamentaux, je souhaite rappeler les points essentiels pour ma délégation : … L’Article 36 du Protocole I additionnel aux Conventions de Genève, qui prévoit l’évaluation des nouveaux systèmes d’armes au regard du DIH, constitue un cadre de réflexion pertinent à cet égard. [Beyond these fundamental aspects, I wish to recall the …
Having regard to the ethical dimension in the first place, we also recall that the principles of distinction, proportionality and precautions in attack are the fundamental rules and principles of international humanitarian law. They reflect efforts made by the international community to introduce effective legal limits on the conduct of hostilities. Future autonomous weapons systems …
The ICRC welcomes attention that this issue has brought to developing and improving legal review processes. The ICRC calls on all States to establish a weapon review mechanism or consider strengthening existing mechanisms to ensure that any new weapons that are developed and acquired can comply with IHL in all foreseeable circumstances of their use. …
Legal/Ethical Issues […] Suggested Measures to mitigate adverse Security Policy Effects of LAWS: Developing effective national weapons review mechanisms for LAWS […] Statement delivered by Germany on Security Dimension and Options (GGE LAWS, 13 April 2018)
Having a common characterization of LAWS, or at least, a set of the key characteristics, would be a prerequisite for seeking future policy options. Pointing to these options, Poland underlines the significance of application of “Article 36 review” as essential to determining whether the adoption of new technologies might cause any significant concern from a …
Regarding different proposals on a political declaration, code of conduct and other voluntary measures, including weapons review process, as well as the establishment of a Committee of Experts, NAM believes that these measures cannot be a substitute for the objective of concluding a legally binding instrument. Statement by the Non-Aligned Movement under agenda Item 6(d): …
