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 the Philippines
… my delegation supports the elaboration of the conduct of legal reviews in paragraph 39(a).
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 …
2024
Submission by Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Sierra Leone and State of Palestine to the Secretary-General
The draft Protocol includes a preamble and eight (8) articles: (1) General Provisions, (2) Characterization, (3) Prohibitions, (4) Regulations, (5) Review of Weapons, (6) Risk Mitigation, (7) Compliance, and (8) Consultations of High Contracting Parties …. [Annex: CCW/GGE.1/2023/WP.6]
Submission by the Philippines to the Secretary-General
7. Weapons review. A crucial implication of the applicability of international law is that states have an obligation to undertake national weapons review. In the study, development, acquisition, or adoption of any new weapon, means or method of warfare, determination must be made whether its …
2023
Draft Protocol on Autonomous Weapon Systems (Protocol VI)
Article 5: Review of Weapons Sec. 1: Each High Contracting Party shall ensure that weapon systems under development or modification which changes the effects or use of existing weapon systems, including as a result of self-learning processes, must be reviewed to ensure compliance with international …
Statement by the Philippines (1st intervention)
There is much common ground among all delegations and in the respective proposals regarding the importance of weapons review at the national level. This, after all, is already an existing legal obligation. There is also growing recognition that exchange of information and good practices is …
Statement by the Philippines (2nd intervention)
Well, my delegation would just like to express how encouraged we are with the tone of the discussions so far. And we take particular interest, and we’d like to echo some of the points that were raised by the distinguished delegation of Pakistan and Argentina, …
2022
Draft Protocol VI
Article 4: Review of Weapons Sec 1: Each High Contracting Party shall ensure that weapon systems under development or modification which changes the effects or use of existing weapon systems, including as a result of self-learning process, must be reviewed to ensure compliance with international …
Roadmap Towards a New Protocol on Autonomous Weapons Systems
4. The current cycle of GGE shall aim to formally recognize the common elements that have arisen through constructive engagement among delegations throughout the CCW discussions on autonomous weapon systems (AWS), particularly in the last GGE cycle. These common elements include recognizing: … (h) the …
Working paper
1. This Working Paper sets out the following considerations and elements for the future work of the Group. The GGE should: … 13. Recall the obligation for States to conduct national weapon reviews, as codified in Article 36 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva …
2021
Joint Working Paper
9. … Our delegations are of the view that stronger focus should be given to the following principles, which should be the elements of a normative framework on LAWS: (j) … States should be transparent regarding all aspects of the development of their weapons systems, …
National Commentary by the Philippines
Having agreed upon these general premises, there is now enough basis to negotiate a legally-binding Protocol under the Convention that will contain prohibitions or regulations in the area of LAWS and other advanced weapon systems. The GGE should now be given the mandate to discuss …