Article 4: 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 process, must be reviewed to ensure compliance with international law.
Sec 2: Each High Contracting Party shall be transparent regarding all aspects of 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 information and good practices on the conduct of review of autonomous weapon systems.
Sec 4: Each High Contracting Party shall ensure the integration of inter-disciplinary perspective in research and development of autonomous weapon systems bearing in mind national security considerations and restrictions on commercial proprietary information.
Draft Protocol VI: submitted by Argentina, Ecuador, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and Uruguay (9 August 2022) CCW/GGE.1/2022/WP.8
