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Diamond meeting makes some progress but governments need to renew commitments, say Civil Society Groups - June 26, 2009
A coalition of civil society organisations acknowledged some progress at the close of the sixth Intersessional meeting of Kimberley Process Certification Scheme in Windhoek, Namibia this week but said that more action was needed from governments to ensure the scheme’s effectiveness. Read more...
Blood diamonds - time to plug the leaks - June 19, 2009
Civil Society Groups warn Kimberley Process effectiveness compromised
A landmark scheme established in 2003 to prevent trade in conflict diamonds is potentially failing in its objectives, campaigners said today. Read more...
The APRM Monitor 7, June 2009
- Monitoring the APRM’s mixed messages :The continental governance of the APRM lacks transparency
- APRM news at the national level
- Global trends in NGO law – a new journal :Laws enacted in some African countries target NGOs involved in human rights and democracy work
- Civil society APRM resources
- Yaoundé APRM seminar report
- Media watch
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Other Facets 30, June 2009
- Zimbabwe: Massacre, smuggling and KP dithering
- Venezuela update: The Kimberley sham
- Trade bans not the answer in DRC: Report urges support for formalizing the informal sector
- The Taylor trial: Request for acquittal rejected, son gets 97 years
- Guinea and Lebanon: Something Fishy
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Zimbabwe's Blood Diamonds
March 2009. This report describes the role of diamonds in the Zimbabwean economy and their place in the country’s increasingly repressive governance. It describes growing evidence of smuggling, the militarization of diamond resources and the killing of dozens of unarmed diamond diggers by the armed forces of Zimbabwe. The report describes the lacklustre role in all of this played by the Kimberley Process, and it asks the United Nations Security Council to step in. |
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Loupe Holes in the Kimberley Process: Gateway for Conflict Diamonds
November 2008. As the Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme’s sixth year drew to a close at the end of 2008, the trafficking in conflict and illicit stones looked more like a dangerous rule than an exception. In a joint report issued before the November 2008 KP Plenary Meeting in New Delhi, Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada warned that the illicit trade in rough diamonds is one of the greatest threats facing the Kimberley Process. The report called for specific action by the Kimberley Process and the 76 governments that have agreed to its minimum standards. |
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Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Canada about the crisis in DRC
January 2009. Alarmed by the mounting violence since August 2008 leading to the current crisis prevailing in Kivu provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, twenty-five Canadian organizations and five individuals have come together to write an open letter to the Prime Minister of Canada in support of the recent call made to the Canadian government by the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) delegation during their visit to Canada last December. Read the letter |
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