3 The 1977 Protocol I Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 instituted the following obligation for States Parties: Article 36. New weapons In the study, development, acquisition or adoption of a new weapon, means or method of warfare, a High Contracting Party is under an obligation to determine whether its employment would, in some or all circumstances, be prohibited by this Protocol or by 4 any other rule of international law applicable to the High Contracting Party. The obligation to ensure the legality of weapons of war was not new. Article 1 of Hague Convention II with...

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