June 18, 2010 The Zimbabwe authorities should immediately release Farai Maguwu, a prominent activist who reported abuses in Zimbabwe's notorious...
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PAC calls for the release from detention of human rights activist, Farai Maguwu
PAC condemns violence in Zimbabwe's diamond fields, and calls for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the Kimberley Process June 14,...
Rights groups express outrage at state persecution of Zimbabwean activists
June 2, 2010 Civil Society organisations, including Global Witness, Human Rights Watch, and Partnership Africa Canada, today condemned the state-sponsored...
New report assesses APRM’s achievements
April 6, 2010 Partnership Africa Canada has published a new report on governance in Africa. "Reviewing Africa's Peer Review Mechanism:...
Partnership Africa Canada and INADES-Formation publish guide on African Peer Review Mechanism
February 19, 2010 Download the report, in French only. This guide is published jointly by PAC and INADES-Formation to enable...
Failure to suspend Zimbabwe from blood diamond scheme undermines efforts to end abuses and clean up international trade
November 6, 2009 The Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme failed to reach a consensus to suspend Zimbabwe at...
Campaigners call for urgent action on Zimbabwe blood diamonds and wider reform of the Kimberley Process to prevent abuse
October 29, 2009 Kimberley Process (KP) members must act on the overwhelming evidence of Zimbabwe's failure to comply with the...
Global Diamond Certification System Failing
Smuggling, human rights abuse and government inaction threaten global scheme, says Canadian NGO October 15, 2009 The Kimberley Process Certification...
Zimbabwe’s blood diamonds not key to economic recovery
Suspending Zimbabwe from the Kimberley Process is Essential August 3, 2009 Five months after the release, in March 2009, of...
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...
Blood diamonds – time to plug the leaks
Civil Society Groups warn Kimberley Process effectiveness compromised June 19, 2009 A landmark scheme established in 2003 to prevent trade...
Ian Smillie moves on
June 8, 2009 Ian Smillie, Research Coordinator with Partnership Africa Canada, has decided to leave his position at the end...