Cameroon

Cameroon has participated in a number of Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) meetings on autonomous weapons systems since 2016. Cameroon has stated that autonomous weapons pose challenges that ‘are both ethical and legal and Cameroon is sensitive to the humanitarian impact that these weapons will cause’.^[1]Statement by Cameroon, Fifth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons , 12 December 2016, … Continue reading

Cameroon is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the African Group, both of which support the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. Cameroon has not spoken independently on the need for a legally binding instrument. In July 2021, a working paper on behalf of the NAM and other States Parties to the CCW was submitted to the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS), which stated that ‘a strengthened and reinforced multilateral approach, with new legally-binding provisions for addressing the humanitarian and international security challenges posed by emerging technologies in the area of LAWS, is vital. There is an urgent need to pursue a legally-binding instrument on LAWS’.^[2]Working paper submitted by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela on behalf of the Non-Aligned Movement, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, June 2021, … Continue reading