We specialise in the legal review of new weapons, including autonomous weapons and AI command decision tools.
Autonomous and AI-enabled weapons (AWS), as well as decision-support systems (DSS), must be designed to comply with the requirements of international humanitarian law (IHL).
Under international law, states are obligated to assess the legality of all weapons before their deployment in armed conflict.
Integrating a client’s international humanitarian law (IHL) obligations into the design and development of weapons, including AWS and DSS, makes commercial sense as it helps ensure the capability can successfully pass the acquiring State’s legal review.
With our support, you can embed your client’s IHL requirements into the system design from the outset avoiding costly R&D investments in systems that meet performance specifications but fail legal review.
Our services
We are the leading advisors to defence industry, States and organisations on the legal review of new weapons including AI-enabled and autonomous systems.
Article 36 legal input to Capability Design and Development
Article 36 legal review and IHL Training
Pre-development or pre-acquisition Article 36 compliance report