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Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:1px #aaa solid;padding-top:0.4em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CCWC_Participation.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Map of states' adoption of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/CCWC_Participation.svg/350px-CCWC_Participation.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/CCWC_Participation.svg/525px-CCWC_Participation.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/CCWC_Participation.svg/700px-CCWC_Participation.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="940" data-file-height="415" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding:0.35em 0.35em 0.25em;line-height:1.25em;">Participation in the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#eeee00; color:black;"> </span> Only signed</div> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arms_control" title="Arms control">Arms control</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Drafted</th><td class="infobox-data">10 October 1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signed</th><td class="infobox-data">10 April 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1981-04-10</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data location"><a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Effective</th><td class="infobox-data">2 December 1983</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original<br />signatories</th><td class="infobox-data attendee plainlist">50 States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parties</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">127<sup id="cite_ref-disarmament.un.org_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disarmament.un.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small><a href="/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons" title="List of parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons">Complete List</a></small></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Depositary</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations" title="Secretary-General of the United Nations">UN Secretary-General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #ededed;">Full text</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/16px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/24px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/32px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="430" /></span></span> <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons" class="extiw" title="wikisource:Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons">Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons</a> at <a href="/wiki/Wikisource" title="Wikisource">Wikisource</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> <b>Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons</b> (<b>CCW</b> or <b>CCWC</b>), concluded at <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> on October 10, 1980, and <a href="/wiki/Entry_into_force" title="Entry into force">entered into force</a> in December 1983, seeks to prohibit or restrict the use of certain <a href="/wiki/Conventional_weapon" title="Conventional weapon">conventional weapons</a> which are considered excessively injurious or whose effects are indiscriminate. The full title is <b>Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects</b>. The convention covers <a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">land mines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Booby_trap" title="Booby trap">booby traps</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_device" title="Incendiary device">incendiary devices</a>, blinding <a href="/wiki/Laser_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser weapons">laser weapons</a> and clearance of <a href="/wiki/Explosive_remnants_of_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive remnants of war">explosive remnants of war</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Objectives">Objectives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Objectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The aim of the Convention and its protocols is to provide new rules for the protection of <a href="/wiki/Civilians" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilians">civilians</a> from injury by weapons that are used in armed conflicts and also to protect <a href="/wiki/Combatant" title="Combatant">combatants</a> from unnecessary suffering. The convention covers <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(weaponry)" title="Fragmentation (weaponry)">fragments</a> that are undetectable in the human body by <a href="/wiki/X-ray" title="X-ray">X-rays</a>, <a href="/wiki/Landmines" class="mw-redirect" title="Landmines">landmines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Booby_trap" title="Booby trap">booby traps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_ammunition" title="Incendiary ammunition">incendiary</a> weapons, blinding <a href="/wiki/Laser_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Laser weapons">laser weapons</a> and the clearance of explosive remnants of war. Parties to the convention must take legislative and other actions to ensure compliance with the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CCWC includes five <a href="/wiki/Protocol_(politics)" title="Protocol (politics)">protocols</a> dealing with specific weapons. The Convention and its annexed protocols apply in all types of armed conflict, both international and non-international. This was not the case when the convention was first adopted, but the scope was expanded by two conferences in 1996 and 2001. Some provisions also apply after open hostilities has ended, such as the rules in protocols II and V about minimizing the dangers from <a href="/wiki/Land_mines" class="mw-redirect" title="Land mines">mines</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance" title="Unexploded ordnance">ordnance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>CCWC lacks verification and enforcement mechanisms and spells out no formal process for resolving compliance concerns. A state-party can refute its commitment to the convention or any of the protocols, but it will remain legally bound until one year after notifying the treaty depositary, the UN Secretary-General, of its intent to be free of its obligations.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Adoption_and_entry_into_force">Adoption and entry into force</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Adoption and entry into force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The CCWC consist of a set of <i>additional protocols</i> first formulated on October 10, 1980, in Geneva and entered into force on December 2, 1983. As of the end of September 2023, there are 127 state parties to the convention.<sup id="cite_ref-disarmament.un.org_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-disarmament.un.org-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some of those countries have only adopted some of the five protocols, with two being the minimum required to be considered a party.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC_Ratification_kit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC_Ratification_kit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The convention has five protocols: </p> <ul><li>Protocol I restricts weapons with non-detectable <a href="/wiki/Fragmentation_(weapons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fragmentation (weapons)">fragments</a></li> <li>Protocol II restricts <a href="/wiki/Landmine" class="mw-redirect" title="Landmine">landmines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Booby_traps" class="mw-redirect" title="Booby traps">booby traps</a></li> <li>Protocol III restricts <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_weapon" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary weapon">incendiary weapons</a></li> <li>Protocol IV restricts blinding <a href="/wiki/Laser_weapon" title="Laser weapon">laser weapons</a> (adopted on October 13, 1995, in <a href="/wiki/Vienna" title="Vienna">Vienna</a>)</li> <li>Protocol V sets out obligations and best practice for the clearance of explosive remnants of war, adopted on November 28, 2003, in Geneva<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Protocol II was amended in 1996 (extending its scope of application), and entered in force on December 3, 1998. The amendment extended the restrictions on landmine use to internal conflicts; established reliability standards for <a href="/w/index.php?title=Remotely_delivered_mine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Remotely delivered mine (page does not exist)">remotely delivered mines</a>; and prohibited the use of non-detectable fragments in anti-personnel landmines (APL). The failure to agree to a total ban on landmines led to the <a href="/wiki/Ottawa_Treaty" title="Ottawa Treaty">Ottawa Treaty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mathews2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mathews2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protocol_I:_Non-Detectable_Fragments">Protocol I: Non-Detectable Fragments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Protocol I: Non-Detectable Fragments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Protocol I on Non-Detectable Fragments prohibits the use of any weapon the primary effect of which is to injure by fragments which are not detectable in the human body by X-rays.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prot1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prot1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reason is that such fragments are difficult to remove and cause unnecessary suffering. The protocol applies when the "primary effect" is to injure by non-detectable fragments and does not prohibit all use of e.g. plastic in weapons design.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC_P1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC_P1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protocol_II:_Mines,_Booby_Traps_and_Other_Devices"><span id="Protocol_II:_Mines.2C_Booby_Traps_and_Other_Devices"></span>Protocol II: Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Protocol II: Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Mines,_Booby-Traps_and_Other_Devices" title="Protocol on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices">Protocol on Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices</a></div> <p>Protocol II on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices was amended on May 3, 1996, to strengthen its provisions and extend the scope of application to cover both international and internal <a href="/wiki/Armed_conflicts" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed conflicts">armed conflicts</a>. The protocol regulates, but does not ban, <a href="/wiki/Land_mine" title="Land mine">land mines</a>. It prohibits the use of non-detectable <a href="/wiki/Anti-personnel_mine" title="Anti-personnel mine">anti-personnel mines</a> and their transfer; prohibits the use of non-self-destructing and non-self-deactivating mines outside fenced, monitored and marked areas; prohibits directing mines and booby traps against civilians; requires parties to the conflict to remove mines and booby traps when the conflict ends; broadens obligations of protecting peacekeeping and other missions of the United Nations and its agencies; requires States to enforce compliance with its provisions within their jurisdiction; and calls for penal sanctions in case of violation.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prot2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prot2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protocol_III:_Incendiary_Weapons">Protocol III: Incendiary Weapons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Protocol III: Incendiary Weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Incendiary_Weapons" title="Protocol on Incendiary Weapons">Protocol on Incendiary Weapons</a></div> <p>Protocol III on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons prohibits, in all circumstances, making the civilian population as such, individual civilians or civilian objects, the object of attack by any weapon or munition which is primarily designed to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons through the action of <a href="/wiki/Flame" title="Flame">flame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heat" title="Heat">heat</a> or a combination thereof, produced by a <a href="/wiki/Chemical_reaction" title="Chemical reaction">chemical reaction</a> of a substance delivered on the target. The protocol also prohibits the use of air-delivered <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Incendiary weapons">incendiary weapons</a> against military targets within a concentration of civilians, and limits the use of incendiary weapons delivered by other means. Forest and other plants may not be a target unless they are used to conceal combatants or other military objectives.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ICRC_P3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC_P3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Protocol III lists certain munition types like <a href="/wiki/Smoke_shell" class="mw-redirect" title="Smoke shell">smoke shells</a> which only have a secondary or additional incendiary effect; these munition types are not considered to be incendiary weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-Prot_3_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prot_3-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protocol_IV:_Blinding_Laser_Weapons">Protocol IV: Blinding Laser Weapons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Protocol IV: Blinding Laser Weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Blinding_Laser_Weapons" title="Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons">Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons</a></div> <p>Protocol IV on Blinding Laser Weapons prohibits the use of laser weapons specifically designed to cause permanent <a href="/wiki/Blindness" class="mw-redirect" title="Blindness">blindness</a>. The parties to the protocol also agree to not transfer such weapons to any state or non-state entity.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The protocol does not prohibit laser systems where blinding is an incidental or collateral effect, but parties that agree to it must take all feasible precautions to avoid such effects.<sup id="cite_ref-Prot_4_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prot_4-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WLE_P3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLE_P3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Protocol_V:_Explosive_Remnants_of_War">Protocol V: Explosive Remnants of War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Protocol V: Explosive Remnants of War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Protocol_on_Explosive_Remnants_of_War" title="Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War">Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War</a></div> <p>Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War requires the clearance of <a href="/wiki/UXO" class="mw-redirect" title="UXO">UXO</a> (unexploded ordnance), such as unexploded bomblets from <a href="/wiki/Cluster_bomb" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster bomb">cluster bombs</a> and abandoned <a href="/wiki/Explosive_weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive weapons">explosive weapons</a>. At the cessation of active hostilities, Protocol V establishes a responsibility on parties that have used <a href="/wiki/Explosive_weapon" title="Explosive weapon">explosive weapons</a> to assist with the clearance of <a href="/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance" title="Unexploded ordnance">unexploded ordnance</a> that this use has created. Parties are also required, subject to certain qualifications, to provide information on their use of explosive weapons. Each party is responsible for the territory in their control after a conflict. The protocol does not apply to mines and other weapons covered by protocol II.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC1980Factsheet_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC1980Factsheet-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Prot_5_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Prot_5-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The protocol came about as a result of a growing awareness during the 1990s that the protection against unexploded ordnance was insufficient. The protocol was adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-ICRC_P5_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ICRC_P5-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_proposals">Other proposals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Convention_on_Certain_Conventional_Weapons&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other proposals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2017, the CCW has failed to achieve consensus to open negotiations on adding a compliance mechanism to help ensure parties honor their commitments. China and Russia have opposed restrictions on anti-vehicle mines, such as a requirement that such mines self-deactivate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2010s the CCW opened talks on restricting <a href="/wiki/Lethal_autonomous_weapon" title="Lethal autonomous weapon">lethal autonomous weapons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of 2021, most of the major powers oppose an international ban on lethal autonomous weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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