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 India
… on legal reviews in para 39, we want to suggest a minor editorial reordering of the chapeau dealing with the legal reviews. The chapeau part should start as follows which is "in accordance with their existing obligations under applicable international law, states must across …
2024
Submission by India to the Secretary-General
Particular importance is attached to the conclusions contained in the Report of the 2023 session of the Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems which state inter alia that:- … “In accordance with States’ obligations under international …
2023
Statement by India
Our delegation would like to submit that India is not a party to [AP I]. There is no consonance between the list of countries who are party to [AP I] and the High Contracting Parties of the CCW. However, our delegation also submits that we …