Peru

Peru has participated in most Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons meetings on autonomous weapons systems.

Peru supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument on autonomous weapons systems. At the 2023 CCW GGE on LAWS, Peru urged ‘all countries to leave behind their differences and reach specific results as soon as possible to adopt a legally binding instrument based on international law, including the UN Charter, international humanitarian law and international human rights law, for the prohibition and regulation of these weapons systems.'^[1]Statement by Peru, CCW GGE on LAWS, 6 March 2023, https://conf.unog.ch/digitalrecordings/index.html?guid=public/61.0500/FB7945F1-0C2B-4DC1-88CA-3EBA72D3530D_15h14&position=807&channel=ENGLISH

At the 77th UN General Assembly First Committee meeting in October 2022, Peru stated that ‘Progress in military technology towards increasing autonomy has led us to a scenario where machines have the power and discretion to put an end to human life. This is morally unacceptable, but still uncertain in legal terms. LAWS are of great concern to humanity; they call for a legal and political response, which is urgent, from the international community. For Peru there is no other way than establishing legally binding prohibitions. Regulation through a new treaty is the most effective way of dealing with the increasing uncertainty about what is or is not acceptable for the increasingly complex systems of autonomous weapons.'^[2]Statement by Peru, 77th UN General Assembly First Committee, 21 October 2022, https://media.un.org/en/asset/k19/k19sr7owch; please note that this link leads to the full recording of the relevant … Continue reading

At the Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), Peru said that it would ‘advocate for negotiations and dialogue in this group to promote a legally binding instrument that would prevent the use of LAWS without meaningful human control.’^[3]Statement by Peru, Sixth Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, 17 December 2021, http://149.202.215.129:8080/s2t/UNOG/RCHCP6-17-12-2021-AM_mp3_en.html; please note that … Continue reading Peru is also a member of the Non-Aligned Movement, which supports the negotiation of a legally binding instrument.

In a joint statement with nine other countries delivered at the 2021 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (GGE on LAWS), Peru stated that it ‘opposes the development and use of weapons systems that are fully autonomous since they do away with human beings in the crucial decision making processes with respect to the use of force aimed at killing other human beings, doing away with human dignity in the process.’^[4]Statement delivered by Uruguay on behalf of Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Peru and Uruguay, CCW Group of Governmental Experts on LAWS, … Continue reading In a joint statement with twelve other countries, Peru said that there are ‘fundamental humanitarian, legal, ethical and military concerns over the far reaching implications of the development of autonomous weapon systems, we must address these concerns without delay. International humanitarian law applies to all weapon systems, but in itself is not sufficient to address the pace of technological change, particularly artificial intelligence.’^[5]Statement by Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nigeria, the Philippines, Panama, Peru, Sierra Leone, State of Palestine, Uruguay and Kazakhstan, Sixth Review Conference of the … Continue reading