A milestone, years in the making, was registered on November 5, 2022, during the Kimberley Process Plenary meeting in Gaborone, Botswana, when the body greenlighted a recommendation made by a Technical Expert Team (TET) chaired by the World Diamond Council, proposing that Botswana become the site of the prospective KP Permanent Secretariat.

an ethical diamond industry so as to effect change in the diamond trade in developing countries, identifies the following African countries: Liberia, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Angola, Sierra Leone, and Zimbabwe. See also. G. LOBAL . W. ITNESS: V. ENEZUELA

The Republic of Congo offers a case study in the consequences of non-compliance. In 2004, the nation was removed from the Kimberley Process. ... Many companies now provide information about their supply chains, and certifications such as the Kimberley Process for diamonds can help you ensure your purchases are not supporting conflict or human ...

The Kimberly Process at Ten 121 Figure 4.1 Diamond deposits in Sierra Leone Source: Based on original map from Aureus Mining. part of the country. At its peak, the RUF's annual income from rough ... those in Liberia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).2 Even Vanity Fairr, ...

The Kimberley Process (KP) is an international, multi-stakeholder initiative created to increase transparency and oversight in the diamond industry in order to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, or rough diamonds sold by rebel groups or their allies to fund conflict against legitimate governments. The KP, which became operational in 2003, controls trade in rough diamonds […]

The KP's Core Document defines conflict diamonds as rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The KP's key mechanism for eliminating the flow of conflict diamonds is the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). Within its framework rough diamonds can only be traded

Global Witness strongly commends action taken today by the Chair of the Kimberley Process to remove the Republic of Congo (ROC) from the Kimberley Process, the international governmental certification scheme aimed at ending the trade in conflict diamonds.(1) The Canadian government announced today that the ROC is no longer a participant due to its …

With great speed and creativity – at least in comparison with most other international initiatives – this diverse set of actors devised the so-called Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, which formulates a minimum set of trade control measures aimed at denying so-called "blood diamonds" or "conflict diamonds" access to ...

By James Adams March, 2011 University of Notre Dame Introduction Throughout the 1990s, civil society campaigns drew attention to the links between the trade in rough diamonds and the violent conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Cote d'Ivoire—conflicts that collectively had claimed millions of lives.[1] Conflict diamonds, or "blood …

We find that, despite the richness in natural resources of the DRC, the impact of diamond mining is relevant because of its effects on ecology, economy, and society. Resources and efforts currently put into the mining industry may have the potential to alleviate the malnourishment crisis in DRC if diverted towards the construction of a more structured and …

The Democratic Republic of Congo has the largest diamond reserves on the continent. However, in 2018, production was around 16.390 million carats of diamonds. According to Kimberly Process statistics, production in 2019 was 6.335 million carats of diamonds. The main mines in operation are those of Mbuyi Mayi, Bakwanga and Forminière. The ...

For more than half a century, diamond-rich African nations such as Angola, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") were—and in some cases, continue to be—plagued by …

Blood diamonds refer to diamonds mined in war zones and sold to finance armed conflict against governments. In the DRC, these diamonds have long funded rebel groups and …

The Republic of Congo, a major hub for illicit diamond trading, was admitted into the Kimberley Process in 2003 because it had passed regulations to implement the agreement's minimum requirements.

UN General Assembly Resolution 55/56 addressed the role that diamonds can play in fueling armed conflict by creating the Kimberly Process (KP), an international certification scheme to limit the illicit trade in rough diamonds. This process has not only significantly reduced the number of conflict diamonds on the open market but also helped ...

Diamonds are either found in volcanic rock known as kimberlite, which requires mining and is an expensive, capital-intensive operation, or in alluvial deposits when kimberlite disintegrates and …

the redefinition of conflict diamonds. Calls to redefine conflict diamonds: the background story The Kimberley Process came about by international agreement in the early 2000s as a means to stop the trade in conflict diamonds. The KP officially defines conflict diamonds as those diamonds used by rebel groups to fund armed opposition

Political will is the first and most crucial step in stopping the bloody diamond trade in Democratic Republic of Congo. Despite efforts to tame the illicit gold trade in Democratic Republic of Congo, businesses are still thriving and …

Table 1 provides descriptive statistics of the variables included in the regression analysis for the total sample and two subgroups, namely observations with zero-trade flows and observations with positive trade flows. For a definition and data source of these variables, see Table 15 in the Appendix. Regarding the KPCS variable, we find that on average, in 71% …

The Kimberley Process came into effect ten years ago to stem the flow of rough diamonds used by rebel movements in Africa to finance wars against legitimate governments.

uncovering significant illicit diamond trading in Congo-Brazzaville, leading to its expulsion from the Kimberley Process. Unfortunately, there have been serious ... addition to rough diamonds (the Kimberley Process only covers rough diamonds); it is based on country of origin data while the KP data is based on country

After nearly one year of contemplating, strategizing, and wrangling, the G7 launched coordinated sanctions against Russian diamonds as of January 1 st, 2024.In an effort to avoid circumvention, these sanctions will be accompanied by a traceability-based diamond verification and certification mechanism that will be phased in from March 1 st, 2024.. While …

The results of the study, published in the report "Childhood Lost – Diamond mining in the Republic of the Congo and weaknesses of the Kimberley Process", are discouraging. Of 49 interviewees, mostly children and adult mine workers, only one person, a government representative, denied that child labour occurs in the mines.

An intergovernmental series of meetings, known as 'the Kimberley Process', debated the definition at length, settling on something more legalistic and less comprehensive: Conflict …

Figure 1: Raw Diamonds, diamond mine in Angola, and Map of Diamond Production (Kimberly Process) Left: Raw diamonds with a human hand to scale. Right: small-scale diamond mine in Angola (Kedem et al, 2021), and …

War and mismanagement have led to a decline in Congo's official copper, gold and other mineral exports. Diamonds, long used by the country's rulers as a private source of cash, now account for more than 60 per cent of official export earnings. Diamond industry officials estimate that MIBA has potential annual revenues of more than $170m.

The Republic of Congo has faced challenges with blood diamonds, particularly related to illegal mining and smuggling. ... Scheme, established in 2003, aims to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds by certifying the origin of rough diamonds. This process requires participating countries to ensure that diamond shipments are conflict-free ...

Diamonds have funded brutal wars in countries such as Angola, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, resulting in the death and displacement of millions of people.There is a reason they are …

The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme is a global initiative launched in 2003 to control and monitor the trade in rough diamonds and prevent the shipment and sale of conflict diamonds. The international community has made remarkable strides to document the $30 billion annual international rough diamond trade by creating a detailed record of ...

revenue from the illegal mining of diamonds, but also these diamonds are being used to finance the rebel armies. In response, the U.N. has drafted several resolutions and imposed sanctions in order to try and curtail the illegal trade. The DRC has also agreed to follow the Kimberley Process in hopes of preventing the export of illegal diamonds.