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.
2019
Statement by Greece
… the provisions of Article 36 of [AP I] provides us with the necessary framework to ensure that the use of weapon systems will be in compliance with the cardinal principles of IHL in all circumstances of use.
Statement by Greece
As we have already outlined, the use of algorithms with the ability of learning in weapons raises concerns which revolve around to their predictability and reliability on the battlefield. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to verify that any weapon with a high degree of …