Positions of States and Organisations

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.

4 positions Sri Lanka (remove filter)

2024

  1. Submission by Sri Lanka to the Secretary-General

    May 2024State or organisation: Sri LankaForum: UNGA Res 78/241

    14. Sri Lanka welcomes adoption of non-binding voluntary measures such as Codes of Conduct and political declarations on the use of AWS as progressive developments. However, such measures would only be of complementary value strengthening the normative framework on the issue given their insufficiency to …

2022

  1. Working paper

    8 August 2022State or organisation: ArgentinaState or organisation: AustriaState or organisation: BelgiumState or organisation: ChileState or organisation: Costa RicaState or organisation: EcuadorState or organisation: GuatemalaState or organisation: IrelandState or organisation: KazakhstanState or organisation: LiechtensteinState or organisation: LuxembourgState or organisation: MaltaState or organisation: MexicoState or organisation: New ZealandState or organisation: NigeriaState or organisation: PanamaState or organisation: PeruState or organisation: PhilippinesState or organisation: Sierra LeoneState or organisation: Sri LankaState or organisation: State of PalestineState or organisation: SwitzerlandState or organisation: UruguayForum: GGE LAWS 2022

    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 …

2018

  1. Statement by Sri Lanka

    9 April 2018State or organisation: Sri LankaForum: GGE LAWS 2018

    While national legal reviews of new weapons may be a starting point, in the absence of a common definition on LAWS and global regulations, national reviews conducted based on inconsistent interpretations may not fully addressed the seriousness of the threats posed to humanity by LAWS.

2016

  1. Statement by Sri Lanka

    11–15 April 2016State or organisation: Sri LankaForum: MX LAWS 2016

    … establishing evidence that the operator or the manufacturers knew or should have known the possibility of the crime committed by a complicated artificial intelligence system fed into the weapon will be a difficult task. Therefore, we recommend this aspect also be given due attention …