The Impact of COVID-19 on African communities affected by diamond mining
July 1, 2020The Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition (KPCSC), of which IPIS is a member, has published a new report on the impact of COVID-19 on African communities affected by diamond mining. The diamond sector has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The devastation is felt across the supply chain, not the least in various African countries that depend on this precious mineral in their socio-econ
The Kimberley Process and the UN: Lessons Learned
February 14, 2008The United Nations, mainly through the UNSC and the UNGA, has played an important role in the genesis and development of the KPCS, an international control regime aimed at preventing conflict diamonds to enter into the legitimate trade. The earliest forerunner of the KPCS stems from an embargo imposed by the UNSC in June 1998 on unofficial diamonds from Angola. UNSC Resolution 1173 prohibited all
Sierra Leone en de diamanthuurlingen (114)
June 25, 1998De vergeten oorlog in Sierra Leone werd niet beslecht door de rebellen, het leger of de door Nigeria beheerste regionale vredesmacht. Het private huurlingenbedrijf Executive Outcomes klaarde de klus en bracht president Kabbah opnieuw aan de macht. Het Britse ministerie van buitenlandse zaken speelde een niet onaanzienlijke rol in deze staatsgreep-op-bestelling en ook de Verenigde Staten en de Vere
