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Colombia

Supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument.

Colombia has participated in multiple Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons meetings on autonomous weapons systems. Colombia supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems.

At the 77th UN General Assembly First Committee meeting in October 2022, Colombia stated that ‘Given the concerns from the humanitarian, legal, security, technological and ethical that generate the introduction of new technological applications, such as autonomy in weapons systems, it is necessary to deepen the understanding and multilateral discussion on the risks and challenges that they pose, and adopt the necessary regulatory and principled measures.'[1]Statement by Colombia, 77th UN General Assembly First Committee, 21 October 2022, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com22/statements/21Oct_Colombia.pdf

At the 2020 meetings of the CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS), Colombia said that ‘it is ‘convinced that regulation is essential to be able to move forward with peace of mind respecting the international standards in force, including international humanitarian law’.[2]Statement by Colombia, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 22 September 2020, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/CCW-GGE-20200922-AM_mp3.html; please note that this link leads to the full … Continue reading

Colombia stated in the 2020 GGE on LAWS that ‘autonomous weapons systems must have a legally binding framework before that type of weapon system can be rolled out.’[3]Statement by Colombia, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 22 September 2020, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/CCW-GGE-20200922-AM_mp3.html; please note that this link leads to the full … Continue reading

Colombia is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, which supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument. At the Sixth Review Conference of the CCW in December 2021, the Non-Aligned Movement stated that ‘there is an urgent need to pursue a legally binding instrument under the Convention that will contain prohibitions and regulations for addressing the humanitarian and international security challenges posed by emerging technologies in the area of LAWS.’[4]Statement by the Non-Aligned Movement, Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, 13 December 2021, … Continue reading

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References
↑1Statement by Colombia, 77th UN General Assembly First Committee, 21 October 2022, https://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com22/statements/21Oct_Colombia.pdf
↑2Statement by Colombia, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 22 September 2020, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/CCW-GGE-20200922-AM_mp3.html; please note that this link leads to the full recording & transcript of the relevant meeting.
↑3Statement by Colombia, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, 22 September 2020, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/CCW-GGE-20200922-AM_mp3.html; please note that this link leads to the full recording & transcript of the relevant meeting.
↑4Statement by the Non-Aligned Movement, Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, 13 December 2021, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/RCHCP6-13-12-2021-AM_mp3_en.html; please note that this link leads to the full recording & transcript of the relevant meeting.
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