10. Yes. The South African Government has promulgated the National Conventional Arms Control Act (41 of 2002) whereby the National Conventional Arms Control Committee (situated at the DOD) review legality of new weapons and their impact on the method of warfare and military doctrine. The weapon system acquisition process of the SANDF is also controlled by …
16. In compliance with Article 36 Additional Protocol I every new weapon, means or method of warfare is made subject to an examination with the purpose of determining if its employment would be in some or all circumstances prohibited according to Additional Protocol I or according to any other internationally or nationally binding norm. Responses …
20. In keeping with article 36 of Additional Protocol I of 1977, as well as other provisions of international law, Mexico has machinery which reviews the lawfulness of the manufacture, purchase, transfer, storage, sale, import, export, possession and carrying of weapons, ammunition and explosives. 21. To this end it has a National Security Council whose …
19. All new weapons and ammunition types that are under consideration for acquisition by or for the NZDF are to be vetted by Directorate of Legal Services (DLS) to ensure that they comply with LOAC. 20. Vetting of weapon and ammunition types will include regard to the question of technical measures to minimise the occurrence …
3. … Senior functional agencies have been set up in general staff departments and military procurement departments to review the legality of new weapons, new methods of waging war and proposed new military theories. Responses to Document CCW/GGE/X/WG.1/WP.2, Entitled IHL and ERW, Dated 8 March 2005: Response from the People’s Republic of China (3 March …
10. The Danish procurement procedures underline the responsibility to guarantee that conventions and humanitarian laws accepted by Denmark are respected in the procurement. In research, development, procurement, acquisition or choice of new weapons the procurement organization has the responsibility to conduct a technical evaluation of weapons, ammunition etc. in order to minimize collateral damage or …
16. The action of designing a weapon for a specific purpose is indeed an action in application of the principle of discrimination. It is complemented, within an overall legal approach, by the fulfilment of the obligations stemming from article 36 of the first additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, which France …
19. Legal advice is available at most of the stages of the procurement of the equipment. Responses to Document CCW/GGE/X/WG.1/WP.2, Entitled IHL and ERW, Dated 8 March 2005: Response from Lithuania (29 June 2005) CCW/GGE/XII/WG.1/WP.10
