  The Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA) will have a unique chance of discovery
for a large range of masses in Weakly Interacting Massive Particles models of
dark matter. The principal target for dark matter searches with CTA is the
centre of the Galactic Halo. The best strategy is to perform CTA observations
within a few degrees of the Galactic Centre, with the Galactic Centre itself
and the most intense diffuse emission regions removed from the analysis.
Assuming a cuspy dark matter density profile for the Milky Way, 500 hours of
observations in this region provide sensitivities to and below the thermal
cross-section of dark matter annihilations, for masses between a few hundred
GeV and a few tens of TeV; therefore CTA will have a significant chance of
discovery in some models. Since the dark matter density in the Milky Way is far
from certain in the inner kpc region, other targets are also proposed for
observation, like ultra-faint dwarf galaxies such as Segue 1 with 100 hours per
year proposed. Beyond these two observational targets, further alternatives,
such as Galactic dark clumps, will be considered closer to the actual date of
CTA operations. Sensitivity predictions for dark matter searches are given on
the various targets taking into account the latest instrument response
functions expected for CTA together with a discussion on the systematic
uncertainties from the backgrounds.
