During the GGE meeting of 11-15 April 2016, Israel presented its own domestic process for legal review of new weapons. Notwithstanding that Israel is not party to [AP I] and as such is not bound by Article 36 of that Protocol, Israel is of the view that applying legal reviews to new weapons is a useful instrument for a State to ensure that it uses only lawful means of warfare during armed conflicts. The understanding regarding the usefulness of this tool was shared by a consensus of member States in the GGE meeting of 21–20 August 2019 (CCW/GGE.1/2019/3).
Israel Considerations on the Operationalization of the Eleven Guiding Principles Adopted by the Group of Governmental Experts (31 August 2020)
