On 28 January 2026, the Chair of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on
Emerging
Technologies in
the Area of Lethal
Autonomous Weapon
Systems (LAWS),
Ambassador Robert
in den Bosch of
the Netherlands,
held an online
informal
consultation with
observers to the
Convention on
Certain
Conventional
Weapons (CCW).
Observers include
states that are
not high
contracting
parties to the
CCW, as well as
international
organisations and
civil society
groups. The Chair
introduced changes
his team made to
the rolling text of elements for a possible
instrument or
other measures on
LAWS, and
highlighted his
plans for the 2026
session of the
GGE. Observers
offered some
feedback on the
changes and
recommendations
for further work.
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