Draft Protocol on Autonomous Weapon Systems (Protocol VI), CCW/GGE.1/2023/WP.6

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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 the principle of transparency regarding the development of autonomous weapon systems across their entire life cycle, including national processes for reviewing them, taking into account the system’s self-learning capabilities.

Sec. 3: Each High Contracting Party shall identify and share, on a voluntary basis, with other High Contracting Parties, information and good practices on the conduct of review of autonomous weapon systems.

Draft Protocol on Autonomous Weapon Systems (Protocol VI): Submitted by Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Sierra Leone and Uruguay (11 May 2023) CCW/GGE.1/2023/WP.6