Dominica
Cluster Munition Ban Policy
Summary
Non-signatory Dominica has not taken any steps to accede to the Convention on Cluster Munitions. It has never participated in a meeting of the convention, even as an observer. Dominica voted in favor of the key annual United Nations (UN) resolution promoting the convention in 2021. Dominica has stated that it has never used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.
Policy
The Commonwealth of Dominica has not acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Dominica last provided its views on the convention in 2010, when a Ministry of Finance official told the Monitor that the government had “no interest in being a party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.”[1]
Dominica did not participate in the Oslo Process that created the convention, while it has never attended a meeting of the convention, even as an observer.
Dominica voted in favor of the key annual United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) resolution in December 2021, which urged states outside the Convention on Cluster Munitions to “join as soon as possible.”[2]
Dominica is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW).
Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling
In 2010, Dominica told the Monitor that it has not used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.[3]
[1] Letter to the Cluster Munition Monitor (CMC) from H. Bazil, on behalf of the Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance, 21 April 2010. The letter was in response to a Monitor letter that requested information from Dominica’s foreign minister on the country’s cluster munition policy and practice.
[2] “Implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions,” UNGA Resolution 76/47, 6 December 2021. Dominica voted in favor of the annual UNGA resolution promoting the convention in 2015–2016 and 2018, but was absent from the vote in 2017 and 2019–2020.
[3] Letter from H. Bazil, on behalf of the Financial Secretary, Ministry of Finance, 21 April 2010.
Mine Ban Policy
Policy
The Commonwealth of Dominica signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 26 March 1999, becoming a State Party on 1 September 1999. Dominica has not enacted new legislation specifically to implement the Mine Ban Treaty.
Dominica has not attended any recent meetings of the treaty. It did not attend the Third Review Conference in Maputo in June 2014. Dominica submitted its initial Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 report in 2002 and its fifth report in 2008, but has not provided annual updates since.
Dominica is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons, nor is it party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
Dominica has never used, produced, imported, exported, or stockpiled antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes.