November 2, 2011 The Kimberley Process (KP) has thrown away its main point of leverage over the Zimbabwean government by…
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Civil society expresses vote of no confidence in conflict diamond scheme
June 23, 2011 Activist organisations today expressed a vote of no confidence in the Kimberley Process, and walked out of…
Electronics, auto makers should commit now to due diligence standards to end trade in conflict minerals
Goma/Kinshasa/London/Ottawa/Paris/Washington- May 26, 2011 The organizations CENADEP – Kinshasa, CCFD-Terre Solidaire, Enough Project, Global Witness, Partnership Africa Canada, UAID –…
Canadian organization launches publication on new certification scheme for African conflict minerals
Ottawa– March 23, 2011 A new report that outlines how to develop a regional certification mechanism for tracking high value…
Action needed to block illegal export of Zimbabwe conflict diamonds
Ottawa- November 16, 2010 The Kimberley Process must take tough enforcement action in light of evidence that Zimbabwe is set…
Conflict diamond scheme must resolve Zimbabwe diamonds impasse
November 5, 2010 The Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme must reach a credible agreement with the Government of…
Crisis averted by last-minute agreement on Zimbabwe diamonds, but campaigners warn that biggest test lies ahead
July 16, 2010 Campaign groups Partnership Africa Canada and Global Witness today acknowledged that an deal reached by the Kimberley…
Global Witness and PAC reject Zimbabwe diamond bribe allegations
June 28, 2010 Campaign groups Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada (PAC) today categorically rejected allegations that they offered to…
Diamond meeting ends without consensus on Zimbabwe
Serious challenges ahead for landmark certification scheme, say NGOs June 24, 2010 The lack of consensus among Kimberley Process (KP)…
Campaigners denounce effort to silence whistle-blower before international meeting on conflict diamonds
June 18, 2010 The Zimbabwe authorities should immediately release Farai Maguwu, a prominent activist who reported abuses in Zimbabwe’s notorious…
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…