V. Legal Weapons Review
22. Legal weapons review must include an assessment that allows for the understanding of the attributes and effects in weapons with autonomous capabilities, as well as its conformity with international humanitarian law and international law, in particular:
(a) Evaluate its technical performance, including in terms of reliability and predictability and whether its foreseeable effects are capable of being limited to military objectives and controlled in time and space;
(b) Confirm its intended or expected use; and
(c) Confirm the placement of adequate limits on tasks and types of targets.
23. Legal reviews of weapons autonomous functionalities should adopt a precautionary approach and deny authorization when there might be less than full certainty of all the characteristics listed in the paragraph above.
Elements for a Legally Binding Instrument to Address the Challenges Posed by Autonomy in Weapon Systems: submitted by Chile and Mexico (8 August 2022) CCW/GGE.1/2022/WP.5
