State dossier
Dominican Republic
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What does it want?
Position: wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN). Supports a legally binding treaty that prohibits some systems.
Wants a treaty with bans (LBI-BAN), since 2024-05-24, stated directly (EXPLICIT)
In 2024 the Dominican Republic and thirteen other states sent the UN Secretary-General a joint submission saying autonomous weapons need new legally binding rules, including prohibitions and regulations, and calling for treaty negotiations as soon as possible.
The joint submission the Dominican Republic co-signed says autonomous weapons require legally binding rules with prohibitions and regulations.
require the development of legally binding rules and principles, including regulations and prohibitions
Lethal autonomous weapons systems: report of the Secretary-General (A/79/88), 2024-05-24 source
The same joint submission calls for treaty negotiations to start as soon as possible.
Call for the initiation of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to regulate autonomous weapons systems as soon as possible.
Lethal autonomous weapons systems: report of the Secretary-General (A/79/88), 2024-05-24 source
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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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