State dossier
Croatia
HRV · CROATIA · on the world map
What does it want?
Position: unclear or shifting (AMBIG). Has said things that point in more than one direction.
Unclear or shifting (AMBIG), since 2024-10-24, points both ways (AMBIGUOUS)
At the UN First Committee in October 2024, Croatia called for work toward an effective international instrument on autonomous weapons, based on the laws of war and human control. It did not say whether that instrument should be binding or what it should ban. Its 2025 statement only said these weapons must follow the laws of war. So its words leave the kind of instrument open.
Croatia wants work toward an effective international instrument based on IHL.
We must reduce our differences and intensify our work in order to produce an effective international instrument based on IHL.
UNGA First Committee, 79th session, Conventional Weapons: Statement by Croatia, 2024-10-24 source
In 2025 Croatia says only that these weapons must comply with IHL, ethics and democratic values.
lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) must comply with international humanitarian law, ethical standards, and democratic values
UNGA First Committee, 80th session, General Debate: Statement by Croatia, 2025-10-13 source
How did it vote?
Yes on all three UN votes on autonomous weapons.
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What has it signed?
Being on a list is a fact. Not being on one is not opposition.
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When has it spoken?
Every time it went on the record, dated.
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What rules has it written at home?
Its own military policy.
Military policy not yet reviewed by this site, as of 2026-11-04.
The record
The documents on file.
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