Jamaica

Jamaica has attended some of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Group of Governmental Experts meetings on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS) since 2014.

Jamaica is a member of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. Jamaica 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 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’.^[1]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

Jamaica is also a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In a statement delivered by the government of Antigua and Barbuda at the United Nations General Assembly First Committee Meeting on 25 October 2019, CARICOM said that ‘we must remain vigilant in our understanding of new and emerging weapons technologies’.^[2]Statement delivered by Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), UN General Assembly First Committee , 25 October 2019, https://media.un.org/en/asset/k10/k106jlrx1l; please … Continue reading