Policy

The Democratic Republic of São Tomé e Príncipe signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 30 April 1998 and ratified it on 31 March 2003, becoming a State Party on 1 September 2003. It has not enacted new legislation specifically to implement the Mine Ban Treaty.

São Tomé e Príncipe has not attended any recent meetings of the treaty. It did not attend the Third Review Conference in Maputo in June 2014. On 13 December 2007, São Tomé e Príncipe submitted its initial Mine Ban Treaty Article 7 transparency report, due 24 February 2004, but has not submitted subsequent reports.

São Tomé e Príncipe is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons. São Tomé e Príncipe is a signatory state to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Use, production, transfer, and stockpile

São Tomé e Príncipe has never used, produced, exported, or imported antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes.