Statements from the 2024 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems
4 March 2024
Agenda item 1 - Opening of the meeting
- Chair of the GGE (Mr.)
- UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu (Ms.) (video)
Agenda item 2 - Adoption of the agenda
- Chair (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
Agenda item 3 - Confirmation of the rules of procedure
- Chair (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
Agenda item 4 - Organization of the work of the Group of Governmental Experts
- Chair (Mr.)
- Group of states, delivered by Pakistan (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
Agenda item 5
General statements
- Chair (Mr.)
- Group of 15 states, delivered by Costa Rica (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- Philippines (Ms.)
- Palestine (Ms.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Mr.)
- Ireland (Mr.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- Sweden (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Costa Rica (Mr.)
- Uruguay (Ms.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Germany (Mr.)
- Holy See (Mr.)
- Luxembourg (Mr.)
- South Africa (Ms.)
- Peru (Mr.)
- India (Mr.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Sierra Leone (Mr.)
- Guatemala (Ms.)
- Norway (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Iraq (Ms.)
- Sri Lanka (Ms.)
- Israel (Ms.) - right of reply
- Palestine (Ms.) - right of reply
- Venezuela (Ms.)
- United Kingdom (Mr.)
- Türkiye (Ms.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Italy (Mr.)
- Bulgaria (Mr.)
- China (Mr.)
- Algeria (Mr.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- Iran (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) (Mr.)
- Geneva Center for Security Policy (GCSP) (Mr.)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Ms.)
- PAX (Mr.)
- Interagency Institute (Mr.)
- Stop Killer Robots (Ms.)
Topic 1: Characterizations and definitions
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Belgium (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Civilian Agenda (Mr.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (ICRAC) (Mr.)
- India (Mr.)
- Israel (Ms.)
- United Kingdom (Ms.)
- Philippines (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Costa Rica (Ms.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Iran (Mr.)
- China (Mr.)
- Norway (Mr.)
5 March 2024
Continuation of Topic 1: Characterizations and definitions
- Italy (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- El Salvador (Mr.)
- Guatemala (Ms.)
- Bulgaria (Ms.)
- PAX (Mr.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Algeria (Mr.)
- Canada (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Costa Rica (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- Germany (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Philippines (Mr.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Netherlands (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Ms.)
- El Salvador (Mr.)
- China (Ms.)
- Germany (Ms.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Luxembourg (Mr.)
Topic 2: Application of IHL, including the relation of IHL with the concept of human control, judgement and/or involvement
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- Finland (Ms.)
- Ireland (Mr.)
- United States (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Norway (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- Israel (Mr.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- Germany (Ms.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
- European Union (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Ms.)
- Belgium (Mr.)
- India (Mr.)
- Sweden (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
- Germany (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
6 March 2024
Continuation of Topic 2: Application of IHL
- France (Ms.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Peru
- Israel
- Japan
- Pakistan
- Italy
- Brazil
- ICRC
- Luxembourg
- Canada
- US
- India
- Ireland
- Austria
- Bulgaria
- ROK
- UK
- Philippines
- Venezuela
- Brazil
- United States (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
Topic 3: Risk mitigation and confidence building
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- Israel (Ms.)
- France (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Philippines (Mr.)
- Uruguay (Ms.)
- India (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
- Guatemala (Ms.)
- European Union (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Mr.)
- China (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
- International Committee of the Red Cross (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- United States (Ms.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- International Committee for Robot Arms Control (Mr.)
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
7 March 2024
Continuation of Topic 3
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- India (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- US (Mr.)
- Germany (Ms.)
- Costa Rica (Ms.)
- Belgium (Mr.)
- Ireland (Mr.)
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- Russia (Mr.)
- Canada (Mr.)
- Sweden (Mr.)
- Belgium (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- ICRAC (Mr.)
- Estonia (Ms.)
Consultation on path forward
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- Finland (Mr.)
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- United Kingdom (Mr.)
- El Salvador (Mr.)
Topics 1 and 2
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- Russia (Mr.)
8 March 2024
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- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- Germany (Ms.)
- Mexico (Mr.)
- China (Ms.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- ICRC (Ms.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
- India (Mr.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Luxembourg (Mr.)
- Finland (Mr.)
- The Civilian Agenda (Mr.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- Italy (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
Opening of the meeting
- Chair of the GGE (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
General statements
- China (Mr.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
- Sri Lanka (Ms.)
- Estonia (Ms.)
- Holy See (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- Sweden (Mr.)
- Ireland (Mr.)
- Poland (Ms.)
- Italy (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
- Argentina (Mr.)
- Germany (Mr.)
- Palestine (Ms.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- Norway (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- Bulgaria (Mr.)
- United States (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- South Africa (Mr.)
- Venezuela (Mr.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Algeria (Mr.)
- Denmark (Ms.)
- Costa Rica (Mx.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- India (Mr.)
- Group of 15, delivered by Peru (Mr.)
- Peru (Mr.)
- SIPRI (Ms.)
- Future of Life Institute (Ms.)
- InterAgency Institute (Ms.)
- Israel (Ms.) - right of reply
- Palestine (Ms.) - right of reply
- Lex International Fund (Ms.)
- Article 36 (Ms.)
- Stop Killer Robots (Mr.)
- The Civilian Agenda (Ms.)
- Stop Killer Robots Hungary (Mr.)
- ICRC (Mr.)
- Protection (Mr.)
- SEHLAC Network (Ms.)
Formulating a working characterization
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- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Sweden (Mr.)
- Turkiye (Mr.)
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- Argentina (Mr.)
- Costa Rica (Mx.)
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- Ireland (Mr.)
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- Peru (Mr.)
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- Israel (Ms.)
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- Singapore (Mr.)
- Guatemala (Ms.)
- China (Ms.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Japan (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Mr.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
- Panama (Ms.)
- India (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Venezuela (Mr.)
- Norway (Mr.)
- The Civilian Agenda (Mr.)
- ICRC (Mr.)
- European Union (Ms.)
27 August 2024
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- Article 36 (Ms.)
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- Italy (Mr.)
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- Canada (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- El Salvador (Mr.)
- China (Ms.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Kazakhstan (Mr.)
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
- ICRC (Ms.)
28 August 2024
Preliminary considerations and IHL Application
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- ROK (Mr.)
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- UK (Ms.)
- Sierra Leone (Ms.)
- Colombia (Mr.)
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- US (Ms.)
- China (Mr.)
- Australia (Mr.)
- Bulgaria (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- Algeria (Mr.)
- ICRC (Mr.)
- Amnesty International (Ms.)
Formulating a working characterization
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- Ireland (Mr.)
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- Panama (Ms.)
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- China (Mr.)
- ICRC (Ms.)
- The Future of Life Institute (Ms.)
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- Israel (Mr.)
- Republic of Korea (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Austria (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
29 August 2024
Prohibitions and restrictions
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- Pakistan (Mr.)
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- Encode Justice (Ms.)
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- Austria (Mr.)
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- Ireland (Mr.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
- ICRC (Ms.)
- Article 36 (Mr.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Encode Justice (Ms.)
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Other measures to ensure compliance with IHL
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- Panama (Ms.)
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- European Union (Ms.)
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- Germany (Ms.)
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- Argentina (Mr.)
- Canada (Mr.)
- University of Cambridge (Ms.)
- UK (Mr.)
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- Encoded Justice (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Australia (Mr.)
- Singapore (Mr.)
Accountability
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- Turkiye (Mr.)
- Pakistan (Mr.)
- Switzerland (Mr.)
- France (Ms.)
- China (Ms.)
- UK (Ms.)
- Australia (Ms.)
- Russia (Mr.)
- Israel (Ms.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Ireland (Mr.)
- EU (Ms.)
- ICRC (Ms.)
- Stop Killer Robots (Ms.)
- SPADO (Mr.)
- PROTECTION (MR.)
- Austria (Mr.)
Formulating a working characterization
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- Kazakhstan (Mr.)
- Chair (Mr.)
- Türkiye (Mr.)
- United Kingdom (Ms.)
- Chair (Mr.)
- Chile (Ms.)
- Panama (Ms.)
- Cuba (Ms.)
- Estonia (Ms.)
- Israel (Mr.)
- Costa Rica (Mx.)
- Uruguay (Ms.)
- ICRC (Mr.)
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- Venezuela (Mr.)
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- Pakistan (Mr.)
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- Austria (Mr.)
- Brazil (Mr.)
- Aotearoa New Zealand (Ms.)
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Other matters
Closing of the meeting
- Chair (Mr.)