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.
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2026
Statement by Czechia
We also welcome the clarification that human beings may exercise such control directly or indirectly. We understand this wording as recognizing that relevant human judgment may be exercised at different stages of a system's lifecycle, including during legal review, testing and evaluation, and in preparation …
REAIM Pathways to Action
… 7. Building on the Call to Action advanced at the REAIM Summit 2023 in The Hague and the Blueprint for Action advanced at the REAIM Summit 2024 in Seoul, convinced that the time has come to take steps towards operationalization of the principles reflected …
2024
Czech Republic, Position Paper on the Application of International Law in Cyberspace
38. Principles and rules of IHL applicable in armed conflict govern all forms of warfare and all means or methods of warfare, including those of the future.28 This is confirmed also by Article 36 of Additional Protocol I requiring States to review the lawfulness of …
2015
Statement by the Czech Republic
There are obvious risks associated with introduction of weapons with autonomous capabilities, but as with any other weapon there are undoubtedly certain benefits as well. The risks would be mitigated by the obligation of states to review these new weapons against the requirements of international …
2006
IHL and ERW: Response from the Czech Republic
16. Unfortunately, the legal service of the Czech Armed Forces is currently not explicitly tasked to review legality of any new weapons. This is made rather on ad-hoc basis or within military and industrial testing. Therefore, this is an area, where a system improvement is …