States and some organisations have expressed their views about the utility, purpose, scope and process of the legal review of weapons in various different contexts. Some of these views have been recorded domestic documents, such as military manuals on the law of armed conflict. Increasingly, however, States and organisations have articulated their positions in a range of international fora, either through written submissions or oral interventions.
This database compiles and organises publicly expressed views in relation to legal reviews, without prejudice to their relative significance or effect (for example, in terms of the development of customary international law). The database aims to comprehensively reflect the views of states but only covers the positions of a small number of selected organisations.
This database currently contains 379 positions and is continuously updated. Any corrections, or suggestions to add material, are welcome.
12 positions Argentina (remove filter)
2024
Statement by Argentina
We suggest that there is a need to strengthen the issue of responsibility in the creation and production of autonomous systems, making them auditable and limiting to the black box. In 2018 and 2019, we presented two documents emphasizing the existing obligations to carry out …
Submission by Argentina to the Secretary-General
In 2018 and 2019, Argentina presented documents CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.2 and CCW/GGE.1/2019/WP.6, highlighting the existing obligations to conduct weapons assessments under Article 36 of the 1977 Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949[.]
Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL in Argentina
8. Nuevas armas En relación con los procedimientos formales para el examen de la legalidad de nuevas armas, de acuerdo con la normativa que regula las distintas actividades que desempeñan las Fuerzas Armadas, los nuevos desarrollos deben ser sometidos al análisis de legalidad dentro de …
2023
Draft Protocol on Autonomous Weapon Systems (Protocol VI)
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 …
Statement by Argentina
Reviews of new weapons systems in the context of rapid pace of technological advancement requires scientific and technical capacities that in connection with [AWS] will clearly show the gap in the positions of states when they analyse new technologies and their compliance with international law. …
2022
Draft Protocol VI
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 …
Roadmap Towards a New Protocol on Autonomous Weapons Systems
4. The current cycle of GGE shall aim to formally recognize the common elements that have arisen through constructive engagement among delegations throughout the CCW discussions on autonomous weapon systems (AWS), particularly in the last GGE cycle. These common elements include recognizing: … (h) the …
Working paper
1. This Working Paper sets out the following considerations and elements for the future work of the Group. The GGE should: … 13. Recall the obligation for States to conduct national weapon reviews, as codified in Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva …
2021
Joint Working Paper
9. … Our delegations are of the view that stronger focus should be given to the following principles, which should be the elements of a normative framework on LAWS: (j) … States should be transparent regarding all aspects of the development of their weapons systems, …
2019
Questionnaire on the Legal Review Mechanisms of New Weapons, Means and Methods of Warfare
1. At the 2018 session of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS), Argentina presented working paper CCW/GGE.1/2018/WP.2 on strengthening the legal weapons review mechanisms established in accordance with Article 36 of Additional …
2018
Strengthening of the review mechanisms of a new weapon, means or methods of warfare
I. Introduction 1. International humanitarian law (IHL) aims at limiting the suffering engendered by war and mitigate its effects. To that end, IHL has become a complex set of norms comprised of six main treaties, additional treaties and a dense framework of customary norms that …
2005
IHL and ERW: Response from Argentina
5. It is clear that CIDA’s opinion covers not only measures planned for use but also measures applicable to the design of such munitions/submunitions. These views are reproduced below as being of interest. … (vii) In all projects for and designs of new weapons, the …