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, and views such efforts as complementary to the work of the Group of Governmental Experts.
Statement by the ICRC under Agenda item 5: general debate (9 April 2018)
