Summary: State Party Saint Kitts and Nevis acceded to the convention on 13 September 2013 and enacted national implementing legislation for the convention in August 2014. It has attended several meetings of the convention, most recently in 2018. Saint Kitts and Nevis provided an initial transparency report for the convention in December 2015, confirming it has never used, produced, transferred, or stockpiled cluster munitions.

Policy

The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis acceded to the Convention on Cluster Munitions on 13 September 2013 and became a State Party on 1 March 2014.

Saint Kitts and Nevis enacted domestic implementing legislation entitled the Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act on 27 August 2014. [1] The act includes penal and financial sanctions for contravention of the provisions of the convention. [2] It prohibits the use, development, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions in Saint Kitts and Nevis. [3]

Saint Kitts and Nevis submitted its initial Article 7 transparency measures report for the convention in December 2015. It has provided annual updates since then indicating no changes from the first report. [4]

Saint Kitts and Nevis attended one meeting of the Oslo Process that created the convention (Vienna in December 2007) and one regional meeting (Mexico City in April 2008).

Saint Kitts and Nevis participates in meetings of the convention, most recently the Eighth Meeting of States Parties in Geneva in September 2018. [5]

In 2015–2017, Saint Kitts and Nevis voted in favor of a UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution promoting implementation of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. [6] It was not present for the vote on the UNGA resolution in December 2018. [7]

Saint Kitts and Nevis has voted in favor of UNGA resolutions condemning the use of cluster munitions in Syria, most recently in December 2018. [8]

The Cluster Munitions (Prohibition) Act of 2014 does not permit assistance in prohibited conduct, but allows members of the Defence Force of Saint Kitts and Nevis to participate in military activities with armed forces of states that are not party to the convention. [9] The law also prohibits the investment of funds in the development and production of cluster munitions. [10] During the Seventh Meeting of States Parties, Saint Kitts and Nevis stated its commitment to ensuring its territory is never used as a transit or shipment point for cluster munitions. [11]

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a State Party to the Mine Ban Treaty. It is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpiling

Saint Kitts and Nevis reports that it has never produced cluster munitions and possesses no stocks, including for research and training. [12] It has never used or transferred cluster munitions.

Policy

Saint Kitts and Nevis signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 3 December 1997 and ratified it on 2 December 1998, becoming a State Party on 1 June 1999. It has not enacted new legislation specifically to implement the Mine Ban Treaty.

Saint Kitts and Nevis has not attended any recent meetings of the treaty. It did not attend the Third Review Conference in Maputo in June 2014. Saint Kitts and Nevis occasionally submits updated Article 7 transparency reports. It submitted its initial report on 27 November 1999 covering 1 March to 27 November 1999, and submitted updated reports in 2012–2014 and 2016.

Saint Kitts and Nevis is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons. However, it is party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpile

Saint Kitts and Nevis has never used, produced, exported, or imported antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes.