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.
10 positions Norway (remove filter)
2026
Statement by Norway
And we would also add that paragraph 34, which is an extremely narrow prohibition since it only kicks in at the manufacturing level, does not contradict paragraph 39 on legal reviews, but rather complements it or works in tandem with it. … If a legal …
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 …
2023
Statement by Norway
Norway too is a long-standing party to the Additional Protocol II [sic!] and Article 36 of course. Legal reviews are essential to ensuring compliance with international law as has been pointed out by so many and we very much support fleshing out what considerations the …
2022
Working Paper
B. In order to operationalize the two-tier approach, the HCP should: (b) Commit to only develop, produce, acquire, modify, deploy or use lethal weapons systems featuring autonomy when the following provisions are fulfilled: i. compliance with international law is ensured when studying, acquiring, adopting or …
2020
Norway, Letter to the defense sector
2.1.4.5.2 Vurdering av våpen og krigføringsmetoder Norge er etter første tilleggsprotokoll til Genèvekonvensjonene, artikkel 36, i forbindelse med gjennomføring av studier, utvikling, anskaffelse eller godkjenning av et nytt våpen eller nye krigføringsmetoder eller -virkemidler, forpliktet til å avklare om bruken i sin alminnelighet eller i …
Norway pledge on review of existing Norwegian Defence Sector implementation of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions article 36
A) Objectives of the pledge: Norway is a party to the Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the Geneva conventions of 1949 (AP I). The obligations under AP I article 36, is implemented within the Norwegian Defence Sector, by the “Norwegian Ministry of Defence, Directive …
2018
Statement by Norway
We stress, however, that the development and use of new military technologies, including autonomous technologies for military purposes, do not take place in a legal vacuum. We therefore see merit in further discussion and information sharing on how existing regulation, including national Article 36 processes, …
2014
Norway, Answer to parliamentary question
Spørsmål Kåre Simensen (A): Hva vil regjeringen gjøre for at Norge kan bidra til å møte utfordringene utlikningen av mer avansert våpenteknologi reiser for krigens folkerett? Grunngiving Det er viktig å bidra til klare rammer for internasjonal forsvarsindustri, og at man sikrer strenge internasjonale regler …
2013
Norway, Military Manual
New weapons – requirement of an international law weapons review 8.9 In the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a new weapon, means or method of warfare, Norway is under an obligation to determine whether its employment would, in some or all circumstances, be prohibited …
2005
IHL and ERW: Response from Norway
33. The Norwegian Minister of Defence appointed in 2003 the so-called “Norwegian Chief of Defence International Law Committee”. This committee is responsible for assisting the Chief of Defence in legal reviews during the process of developing, acquiring or adoption of any new weapons, methods or …