Publications
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Uvira Territory – A0 Map
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 mars 2015
Uvira Territory, South Kivu Province, DRC Uvira Territory, South Kivu Province, DRC (Detail)
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IPIS Insights: Diamonds in the Central African Republic
- Filip Hilgert, Fiona Southward, Lotte Hoex, Yannick Weyns | 22 décembre 2014
Since May 2013 the Central African Republic has been suspended from the Kimberly Process (KP) – a measure maintained by the mechanism’s annual plenary in Guangzhou, China, this November. The CAR’s transitional authorities have been seeking at least a partial lifting of this export ban so that the country might benefit from the much needed revenues its diamonds can generate.1 However, the authoriti
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Lubero, Oicha, Butembo and Beni Territories – A0 Map
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 décembre 2014
Lubero, Oicha, Butembo and Beni Territories, North Kivu Province, DRC Lubero, Oicha, Butembo and Beni Territories, North Kivu Province, DRC (Detail)
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Masisi Territory – A0 Map
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 décembre 2014
Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC (Detail)
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Rutshuru Territory – A0 Map
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 décembre 2014
Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC Rutshuru Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC (Detail)
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Walikale Territory – A0 Map
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 décembre 2014
Walikale Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC Walikale Territory, North Kivu Province, DRC (Detail)
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Cartographie des motivations derrière les conflicts: la République centrafricaine
- Filip Hilgert, Lotte Hoex, Steven Spittaels, Yannick Weyns | 25 novembre 2014
En 2009, l’International Peace Information Service (IPIS) a publié un rapport et une série de cartes analysant la situation de la République centrafricaine en termes de sécurité, notamment la composition, les actions, les motivations et les intérêts des groupes armés et autres parties au conflit.1 Cinq ans plus tard, après la prise de pouvoir temporaire par la Séléka, le conflit de faible intensit
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Supply Chains and Transport Corridors in East Africa
- Anna Bulzomi, Ken Matthysen, Peter Danssaert, Sergio Finardi | 1 juin 2014
Transport infrastructure plays a key role in boosting a country or region’s economic development. IPIS and TransArms have ascertained on several occasions that the underdevelopment or degeneration of transport infrastructure is a problematic issue across a number of African countries and regions. This report analyses the current logistics situation in Eastern Africa, and the logistic challenges fa
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Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DRC – May 2014 Update
- Anna Bulzomi, Filip Hilgert, Ken Matthysen, Steven Spittaels, Yannick Weyns | 30 avril 2014
In collaboration with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI), mining service SAESSCAM and representatives from local civil society organisations, IPIS organised a series of field visits to monitor artisanal mining activities and the involvement of armed groups and criminal networks in mineral exploitation and trade. This resulted in the publication of an interactive web map providing information on
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IPIS Insights: The EU draft law on conflict minerals due diligence: a critical assessment from a business & human rights standpoint
- Anna Bulzomi | 4 avril 2014
On the 5th of March 2014, the European Commission proposed a responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones. The proposal took place within a specific and timely context. As IPIS has long documented, the exploitation of natural resources can have adverse human rights impacts. Businesses operating in conflict-affected or fragile regions should therefore ascertain whether their direct
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Business, Human Rights, and Uganda’s Oil – Part II: Protect and Remedy: Implementing State duties under the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights
- Chris Musiime, Gabriella Wass | 18 décembre 2013
The following is the second in a series of four reports exploring business and human rights issues in Uganda’s oil sector. This series is a collaboration between IPIS vsw and ActionAid Uganda. In accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, this second report assesses the duty of the Ugandan, British, French and Chinese States to prevent, investigate, punish and redress
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Initiatives en matière de ‘minerais de conflit’ en RD Congo: perceptions des communautés minières locales
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano, Ken Matthysen | 16 décembre 2013
L’exploitation minière est une importante source de revenus pour de nombreuses communautés dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC). Cette même richesse minière joue cependant aussi un rôle majeur dans la persistance de l’insécurité dans certaines parties du pays. Les revenus générés par le commerce des minerais fournissent des moyens d’opération aux groupes armés ainsi qu’un financ
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Practice What You Preach: Theory and Practice of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)’s Stakeholder Engagement Plan in Chad
- Anna Bulzomi | 11 décembre 2013
The past decade has seen a staggering increase in Chinese investment flows in Africa, leaping from USD 392 million in 2005 to USD 2520 million in 2012. Although there is a growing understanding that China’s impact on sub-Saharan Africa is far-reaching and complex, and that Chinese investments on the continent are highly diversified, the majority of business & human rights analysts have tended
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In search of clean water: human rights and the mining industry in Katanga, DRC
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano | 26 novembre 2013
Today, around 1,8 billion people in the world do not have access to safe water. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the most water-rich country in Africa, 51 million people lack access to potable water; only 26% of the population has access to safe drinking water. This is one of the lowest access rates in the world. In the Katanga province, rich in cobalt and copper, some industrial mining co
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IPIS Insights: Kimberley Process: observations from the sidelines. Part I
- Fiona Southward | 20 novembre 2013
Ten years after the launch of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) this paper is the first in a two part series providing an overview of where the Kimberley Process and international efforts to combat the trade in conflict diamonds currently stand. It will analyse some of the present challenges facing the system and some of the potential solutions on the table. This part (Part I) will
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Travail des enfants dans le site minier d’exploitation artisanale de Bisie en territoire de Walikale. Une crise oubliée en République Démocratique du Congo
- Prince Kihangi Kyamwami | 19 novembre 2013
Plus de deux décennies après l’entrée en vigueur de la Convention relative aux droits de l’enfant (1989) en République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), la situation des enfants dans le territoire de Walikale demeure critique. Certes, le travail des enfants est un problème mondial, mais c’est essentiellement dans les pays en développement qu’il compte la grande majorité. L’expérience montre que le défi
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Analysis of the interactive map of artisanal mining areas in Eastern DR Congo (2013)
- Filip Hilgert, Steven Spittaels | 13 novembre 2013
In August 2009 the ‘International Peace Information Service’ (IPIS) published a first map of militarised mining areas in Eastern DR Congo. By 2012, the international interest in the issue had grown but the map was out-dated. To find a structural solution, IPIS sat down with the Congolese mining cadastre (CAMI) and agreed to set up a permanent system to monitor artisanal mining activities and the i
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‘Conflict Minerals’ initiatives in DR Congo: Perceptions of local mining communities
- Andrés Zaragoza Montejano, Ken Matthysen | 12 novembre 2013
The exploitation of minerals is an important source of income for many communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Yet this mineral wealth also plays a significant role in the continuation of insecurity in parts of the country. Revenues from mineral trade have given armed groups the means to operate, and provided off-budget funding to (often poorly paid) state security forces. Whils
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L’or et les diamants de la République centrafricaine. Le secteur minier et les problèmes sociaux, économiques et environnementaux y afférents
- Iain Clarkson, Ken Matthysen | 23 août 2013
L’or et les diamants en Afrique centrale sont souvent associés au conflit, au financement de rebelles, aux violations des droits de l’homme et à la contrebande. En tant que pays enclavé dans une région instable, voisin de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) et récemment théâtre d’un nouveau coup d’État, la République centrafricaine (RCA) pourrait être considérée comme un candidat approprié p
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IPIS Insights: Why businesses should assess human rights impacts from the outset of projects. SOCO International Oil Company in Virunga National Park, DRC
- Gabriella Wass | 5 août 2013
SOCO International, a British oil company, is prospecting for oil in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park – a World Heritage Site. For the past year, their presence has been criticised for putting a fragile environment at risk. However, more recently, their impact on human rights has also been questioned. Below, IPIS looks at why it is so vital for companies to employ rights-re