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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International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent
2024
Voluntary Report on the Implementation of IHL in New Zealand
Procedures For Assessing New Weapons 91. New Zealand is required to assess the legality of new weapons or means or methods of warfare.83 As part of the assessment, New Zealand must determine whether employment would, in some or all circumstances, violate the rules of Additional …