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.
2015
Statement by Cuba (16 April 2015)
Reafirmamos que debe respetarse el artículo 36 del Protocolo Adicional I de los Convenios de Ginebra de 1949, relativo a la protección de las víctimas de los conflictos armados, el cual establece que “Cuando una Alta Parte contratante estudie, desarrolle, adquiera o adopte una nueva …
Statement by Cuba
Cuba reafirma que en tanto no exista una norma internacional que prohíba estas armas, las mismas deben regirse por las disposiciones del Derecho Internacional. Las nuevas tecnologías tienen que acogerse a lo ya dispuesto en el artículo 36 del Protocolo I Adicional a los Convenios …