Laws For LAWS

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
Main submitter: Federal Republic of Germany
Co-submitters: The Russian Federation, The Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Türkiye
Sponsors: Dominion of Canada, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, The Democratic

People's Republic of Korea, Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Signatories: Republic of Poland, Republic of Iraq, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, The

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, The Commonwealth of Australia
Agenda: Establishing a Worldwide Consensus on the Use of Lethal Autonomous

Weapons
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs,
Acknowledges the lack of human involvement in LAWs and its unpredictability,
Contemplates the use and development of fully autonomous lethal weapons,
Deplores the trade or development of lethal autonomous weapons that don’t comply
with the International Humanitarian Law by non-state actors,
Having reviewed the importance of lethal weapons with appropriate human

involvement,
Recognizing states are becoming more conscious of the fact that these technologies,
are advancing rapidly,
Taking into Consideration the importance of LAWs adhering to the requirements of

the International Humanitarian Law [IHL],
1. Confident in the future development of semi-autonomous and other

autonomous weapons that comply with the IHL and their defense capabilities;
2. Confirms all countries must ban fully lethal autonomous weapon systems that
include no human intervention at all, essentially known as
“Human-out-of-the-Loop”, as defined by Human Rights Watch;
3. Solemnly affirms only countries with the UN certification may possess LAWs
that are regulated by IHL obeying both the Geneva Convention, as well as, the
Hague Law;
4. Condemns countries to change the rules of operation of LAWs mentioned here,
or take their own legal initiatives;
5. Calls for:
a. Regulations on certain weapons in order to ensure it’s compliance with
IHL and principles of distinction, proportionality;
b. Ensuring the regular reporting and reviewing of each weapon including
the training of the AI to remove biases;
c. Commanders and Operators have to oversee all manned vehicle kills
done by LAWs to prevent violations of IHL;
d. Operators will accept or deny the AI’s request to kill depending on the
situation;
e. A presence of a 24/7 team of AI specialists and anti-cybercrime
specialists monitoring anyone trying to hack these machines (if any
countries are not able to afford these resources, they should not be
developing and investing money into LAWs);
6. Further recommends:
a. The development of semi-autonomous weapons;
b. The regular inspection and testing of all legal LAWs;
7. Further affirms countries and parties to invest in research and development of

semi-autonomous LAWs;
8. Further affirms a rigorous course for people who want to be part of the human
control team for the LAWS, to make sure that people operating have the
correct skill sets including to be able to handle moral dilemmas under
pressure;
9. Encourages strict regulations to prevent the proliferation of weapons to

countries;
10. Strongly suggests increased research and development funding for the
advancement of ethical and responsible applications of autonomous
technologies, focusing on defensive LAW systems, ethical frameworks, and
safeguards against unintended consequences;
11. Emphasizes that any country that misuses LAWs or uses the LAWs for
malicious content would be temporarily suspended from developing LAWs
until they are prosecuted in the International Court of Justice, where further
sanctions will be discussed;
12. Solemnly affirms that the LAWs will still be consistently tested on a periodic
time base to minimize all possible damage, as also stated by the Principle of
Precautions Attack by the IHL (but this is at the state's discretion) If the
member-state resorts to disobeying all the conditions, then further action must
be taken;
13. Strongly recommends countries to add a self-destruction code in LAWS for an

extra layer of control and accountability when acting out of breach of the
ethical code;
14. Further proclaims the production of LAWs by non-state actors must be

prohibited unless a license is issued by the UN;
15. Emphasizes regulations such as regular reviewing and reporting of the weapon
have to be followed in developing the weapon, which is up to the state;
16. Requests the market trade of LAWs by governments and other third parties to
non-state actors must be illegalised;
17. Promotes training of LAWs that will include removing biases of any sort as
well as, ensuring compliance with the IHL, and principles of distinction;
18. Draws attention to an increase of research and development funding for the
advancement of ethical and responsible applications of autonomous
technologies, focusing on defensive LAW systems, ethical frameworks, and
safeguards against unintended consequences;
19. Reminds that human operators/commanders are held responsible for any
decision a machine takes, including the death of a civilian as stated by the
IHL;
20. Hoping that all countries abide by the reasonable and justifiable usage of
LAWS;
21. Endorses the ethical concerns associated with the decision-making capabilities
of an AI system.

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United Nations Office of Legal Affairs

Main submitter: Federal Republic of Germany

Sponsors: Dominion of Canada, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, The Democratic

Signatories: Republic of Poland, Republic of Iraq, Islamic Republic of Pakistan, The

Agenda: Establishing a Worldwide Consensus on the Use of Lethal Autonomous

United Nations Office of Legal Affairs,

Acknowledges the lack of human involvement in LAWs and its unpredictability,

Contemplates the use and development of fully autonomous lethal weapons,

Having reviewed the importance of lethal weapons with appropriate human

Taking into Consideration the importance of LAWs adhering to the requirements of

1. Confident in the future development of semi-autonomous and other

7. Further affirms countries and parties to invest in research and development of

9. Encourages strict regulations to prevent the proliferation of weapons to

13. Strongly recommends countries to add a self-destruction code in LAWS for an

14. Further proclaims the production of LAWs by non-state actors must be

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