All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
In light of serious concerns about Zimbabwe’s compliance with the Kimberley Process (KP) rough diamond certification scheme, we await full and expeditious implementation of the stringent controls that were agreed at the KP Plenary in Swakopmund, Nambia on November 5 for exports of rough diamonds from Zimbabwe’s Marange fields. The United States expects that if the Work Plan...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
ZIMBABWE has placed the blame for not complying with the principles of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) on the global diamond trade regulator itself, saying the watchdog has reneged on technical assistance to the country.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
According to academics documenting the process, De Beers effectively admitted to the presence of conflict diamonds, and then became actively involved in the Kimberley Process, only because of the impact that negative publicity -- generated by non-governmental organisations such as Global Witness -- was having on the demand for diamonds. Advocacy groups were juxtaposing diamonds...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... until Zimbabwe ends all abuses and removes the military from the area. With the failure of the Kimberley Process to stand resolutely for clean diamonds, it is now up to consumers to insist on conflict-free gems, Human Rights Watch said. The Kimberley Process, an international body governing the diamond industry, held a plenary meeting November 2 through 5 in Swakopmund,...
Secondo Protocollo UK (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... say representatives of the diamond industry and watchdog groups. Any country belonging to the Kimberley Process, the international undertaking against conflict diamonds, can block Zimbabwe’s suspension from the group, which critics say would undermine its ability to police the industry. Human rights advocates worry that nations in the region, particularly South Africa, the regional...
WWD (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The future of the Kimberley Process and the global image of the diamond industry hung in the balance after the organization’s annual meeting ended Thursday in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...
Women's Wear Daily (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The future of the Kimberley Process and the global image of the diamond industry hung in the balance after the organization’s annual meeting ended Thursday in the Namibian capital of Windhoek...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Members of the Kimberley Process, a global body created to curb trade in diamonds to fund wars, would strive for consensus over Zimbabwe's membership and avoid a vote, the chairman of the organisation said yesterday .
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
AS members of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme convene in Swakopmund today for a Plenary Meeting that will last until Thursday, various human rights groups calling for the suspension of Zimbabwe from the scheme have dismissed the KPCS as a failure.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A key moneyspinner for President Robert Mugabe's supporters is threat from a summit on 'blood diamonds'.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
A four-member team of senior Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources officials will join other high profile players in the international diamond industry for a meeting in Namibia next month that analysts say will either make or break the Kimberley Process as an organisation.
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
(Johannesburg) - The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, scheduled to meet in Swakopmund, Namibia, from November 2 to 5, 2009, should immediately suspend Zimbabwe for continuing human rights abuses and widespread smuggling in the Marange diamond fields, Human Rights Watch said today. The government of Zimbabwe has not complied with any of the recommendations put forward in July by...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
ZIMBABWE reeled into a crisis after diamond traders blacklisted Marange gems from the international market, despite the country escaping sanctions from the international diamond watchdog, the Kimberley Process (KP).
The Duck of Minerva (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
... cases where multi-level, multi-stakeholder governance would be required to create solutions. The Kimberley Process for conflict diamonds exemplified this approach (though it is not without its drawbacks, as this new report suggests). Certainly the segment suggested that we need an advocacy movement for conflict gold like the one for conflict diamonds in order to bring corporations...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... documented severe human rights abuses in Marange. Their demands that Zimbabwe be expelled from the Kimberley Process were denied. Human Rights Watch reported that late last year “the army killed at least 214 miners.” While the killings may have stopped, there are continued reports of human rights violations. Rapaport believes that blood diamonds from the Marange fields have been legally...
