The Kimberley Process
- Conflict diamonds: US jewelery retailers still not doing enough – summary of the US results of Global Witness and Amnesty International survey
- ( Global Witness , 2007)
- This report presents summarises the results of a survey evaluating the regulation of “blood diamonds” in the US diamond jewellery retail sector. The report looks at the industry’s implementation of se...
- Killing kimberley?: conflict diamonds and paper tigers
- ( Partnership Africa Canada , 2006)
- This report describes the current problems facing the Kimberley Process (KP), and the remedial action that is required if governments and industry are serious about ending conflict diamonds. In partic...
- An independent commissioned review evaluating the effectiveness of the Kimberley Process
- ( P. Wexler / Global Witness , 2006)
- The report assesses implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) to date, and is intended to offer Participants both a framework for organising future work and specific ideas fo...
- Making it work: why the Kimberley Process must do more to stop conflict diamonds
- ( Global Witness , 2005)
- This report considers the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, an agreement set up to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds. The authors show that despite the progress made and the international...
- Implementing the Kimberley Process 5 years on: how effective is the Kimberley Process and what more needs to be done?
- ( Global Witness , 2005)
- This briefing document reflects on some of the accomplishments of the Kimberley Process while highlighting that much more work remains to be done to ensure that it is effectively implemented and stren...
- Broken vows: exposing the loupe holes in the diamond industry’s efforts to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds
- ( Global Witness , 2004)
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This paper evaluates how well the US diamond industry is complying with self-regulation established to eliminate the trade in conflict diamonds, known as the ‘Kimberley Process’.
The paper finds com...
- Conflict diamonds and the African resource curse
- ( G. Lwanda / African Centre for Constructive Resolution of Disputes , 2003)
- By outlining four diamond-fuelled wars in Africa, this chapter brings to light Africa’s resource curse and asks whether Africa really needs its nature. It gives an overview of the wars in Angola, the ...
- An end to conflict diamonds?
- ( A. Wameyo / ActionAid International , 2001)
- This ActionAid report introduces the background to the Kimberley Process, whereby diamond exporting and important companies agree to abide by a certification scheme that aims to exclude illicit, confl...
- The Kimberley Process scheme to end trade in conflict diamonds: is industry self-regulation the weakest link?
- ( ActionAid International , 2002)
- Diamonds mined and sold by groups fighting civil wars have contributed significantly to the continuation of a number of conflicts and to consequent human suffering. In order to end the trade in these ...
- Conflict Diamonds
- ( Global Witness , 2000)
- Outlines recommendations for a global diamond certification and verification system to be monitored by an independent diamond verification organisation and to be backed up by industry self-regulation ...
