(New York) - Civil Society organizations, including Global Witness, Human Rights Watch, and Partnership Africa Canada, today condemned the state-sponsored harassment and intimidation of a Zimbabwean...
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DR Congo + 7 more
Diamonds and Human Security - Annual Review 2009
The Kimberley Process: Too Important to Fail, Too Important for Pretense By all indications, and from the evidence gathered for this year's Diamonds and Human Security Annual Review, the Kimberley...
Angola + 7 more
Les diamants et la sécurité humaine - Revue annuelle 2009
Le Processus de Kimberley : trop important pour échouer, trop important pour faire semblant Tout porte à croire, notamment les preuves réunies pour la présente Revue annuelle sur les diamants et la...
Côte d'Ivoire + 5 more
Governments urged to renew commitments as diamond meeting closes
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...
Zimbabwe, diamonds and the wrong side of history
Summary 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...
DR Congo + 7 more
Loupe holes - Illicit diamonds in the Kimberley Process
The illicit trade: Gateway for conflict diamonds The illicit trade in rough diamonds is one of the greatest threats facing the Kimberley Process (KP) certification scheme. The KP was created to halt...
DR Congo + 7 more
À la loupe : Les diamants illicites et le Processus de Kimberley
Le commerce illicite : une porte d'entrée pour les diamants de guerre Le commerce illicite des diamants bruts est l'une des plus grandes menaces auxquelles est confronté le Système de certification...
Sudan: Canadian NGOs call on the Prime Minister for more active engagement by Canada
January 31, 2005. The partial stability in Sudan and the peace agreement between Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement suggest that the immediate and most dangerous phase of...
New report examines gender based violence in DRC
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the urgent need to address violence against women and use of HIV as a weapon of war has been identified as a top priority by Congolese NGOs. In Why...
Why gender still matters: Sexual violence and the need to confront militarized masculinity
A CASE STUDY OF THE CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Eli Mechanic Partnership Africa Canada I. INTRODUCTION "Violence is a way to dominate, and you can only dominate someone if you...
PAC: Notes for presentation to the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Freetown, June 2003 Lansana Gberie, Partnership Africa Canada The Heart of the Matter Sierra Leone has just gone through a decade of brutal conflict in which tens of thousands of people were killed,...
DR Congo + 3 more
Great Lakes: "Motherhood, Apple Pie and False Teeth" - Corporate social responsibility in the diamond industry
by Ian Smillie The Study "Motherhood, Apple Pie and False Teeth: Corporate Social Responsibility in the Diamond Industry" is an Occasional Paper of the Diamonds and Human Security Project, a joint...
CAR + 1 more
Diamond Areas in the Central African Republic (13 January 2003)
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CAR + 1 more
Diamonds in the Central African Republic: Trading, valuing and laundering
By Christian Dietrich The first impression of the Central African Republic (CAR) on arrival in the capital, Bangui, is of a country forgotten by the rest of the world. There are few embassies, and...
Angola + 2 more
Diamonds in the Central African Republic
The Study This paper builds on findings contained in a previous publication of the Diamonds and Human Security Project: Hard Currency: The Criminalized Diamond Economy of the Democratic Republic of...
War and Peace in Sierra Leone: Diamonds, Corruption and the Lebanese Connection
By Lansana Gberie "Ours was not a civil war. It was not a war based on ideology, religion or ethnicity, nor was it a 'class war'... It was a war of proxy aimed at permanent rebel control of our rich...
DR Congo + 6 more
The Kimberley Process: The case for proper monitoring
By Ian Smillie 'Sunlight is the best disinfectant.' Miguel Schloss, Transparency International Part I: Monitoring and The Kimberley Process Conflict diamonds have contributed to the deaths of...
Kinshasa workshop on the plunder of Congo's natural resources: Position paper on Congo by Canadian NGOs
From August 5-7, 2002, a workshop on the plunder of Congo's natural resources was organized in Kinshasa by CENADEP Centre National d'Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire. The...
Angola + 3 more
Hard Currency: The Criminalized Diamond Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo and its Neighbours
By Christian Dietrich The Study Hard Currency: The Criminalized Diamond Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its Neighbours is an Occasional Paper of the Diamonds and Human Security...
Sierra Leone One Year After the Peace Accord: The Search for Peace, Justice and Sustainable Development
Conference Report, Ottawa, June 21-23, 2000. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Summary 2. By way of an introduction, comments from the Conference... 3. Security 4. Resource Management 5. Relief and Development 6...