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 Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems
2026
Statement by Peru
We attribute particular importance to preserving provisions regarding legal reviews, including in the case of notifications or substantive modifications to existing systems.
Statement by Peru
Now, paragraph 39. We welcome the clarification that there must be legal reviews during the review, acquisition and adoption cycle of laws. At the same time, just like other delegations, we believe that it is important to keep sub-paragraph of 39, recognising that subsequent changes …