The Republic of Kiribati acceded to the Mine Ban Treaty on 7 September 2000, becoming a State Party on 1 March 2001. Kiribati has never used, produced, imported, exported, or stockpiled antipersonnel mines, including for training purposes. Kiribati believes that existing legislation is sufficient to enforce the antipersonnel mine prohibition domestically. Kiribati submitted its second Article 7 transparency report on 4 June 2004 but has not submitted subsequent annual reports.

Kiribati did not attend any Mine Ban Treaty meetings in 2010 or the first half of 2011.

Kiribati is not party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons.

Kiribati has residual unexploded ordnance contamination from World War II.