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Artisanal and small-scale mining mapping in the Runde Rural District of Zimbabwe
- Alexandre Jaillon, Emmanuel Chinembiri | 28 juni 2019
IPIS and the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) collaborated to map artisanal and small-scale mining in the Runde Rural district of Zimbabwe. Following a training on Mobile Data Collection (MDC) tools organized by IPIS in November 2018, ZELA conducted a pilot study on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in the area. Five groups of enumerators from seven wards in Zvishavane visited 31
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IPIS’ Jaarrapport 2018
- IPIS | 27 juni 2019
Het jaarrapport van 2018 geeft een overzicht van de IPIS’ onderzoeksprojecten, capaciteitsversterking en ‘outreach’-activiteiten van het afgelopen jaar. IPIS heeft haar werk in de DRC, Centraal Afrikaanse Republiek en Tanzania geconsolideerd en haar expertise op het gebied van mapping, data-analyse en onderzoek van conflict motieven, natuurlijke rijkdommen, bedrijven & mensenrechten en wapenha
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Anti-Diversion Measures. Real-Time Locating Systems
- Peter Danssaert | 20 mei 2019
Diversion is largely a self-inflicted problem that stems from negligence by states, militaries, and civilians (Small Arms Survey, 2008). The illicit trade of small arms and light weapons remains a serious problem internationally and in many countries. To prevent the illicit trade States call for responsible arms export control systems to be put in place. One solution is to prevent diversion, mostl
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Assessing the impact of due diligence programmes in Eastern DRC: A baseline study
- Alexandre Jaillon, Antoine Heuty, Erik Gobbers, Manuel Claeys Bouuaert, Timo Makori | 24 april 2019
Over the past decade, various legislative and due diligence programmes (DDP) have been developed to improve mining communities’ livelihoods and reduce human rights abuses in conflict affected and high- risk areas, with a special focus on the African Great Lakes region. Despite significant growth and investments in minerals certification and traceability schemes, data on the impact of due diligence
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Voices from Tanzania – Case studies on pertinent corporate human rights issues in Tanzania
- BHRT, CHRAGG, Governance Links, LHRC | 24 april 2019
“Voices from Tanzania – case studies on Business and Human Rights (Volume 1)” presents five studies on pertinent corporate human rights issues in Tanzania as conducted by Business and Human Rights Tanzania (BHRT), the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRAGG), Governance Links Tanzania, the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) and IPIS’ project manager in Tanzania. The case studies
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Mapping artisanal mining areas and mineral supply chains in eastern DRC (2019)
- Ken Matthysen, Lotte Hoex, Peer Schouten (DIIS/IPIS), Steven Spittaels | 9 april 2019
In a new report and webmap, IPIS presents its updated data on armed conflict and armed interference in eastern DRC’s artisanal mining sector. Building on extensive data, gathered over the last ten years, IPIS assesses the impact of responsible sourcing initiatives in DRC, designed to address armed interference in mineral supply chains. The report illustrates that responsible sourcing efforts have
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ASM Incident Tracker
- Alexandre Jaillon | 5 april 2019
Welcome to Kufatilia, the ASM Incident Tracker developed by IPIS in collaboration with the Expertise Centre on Mining Governance (CEGEMI) based in Bukavu, and powered by Ulula. The ASM Incident Tracker is a tool for Congolese civil society organisations to report and monitor incidents in Eastern DRC in a transparent, independent and participatory way. The reported incidents, in line
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Report on the first Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Business and Human Rights in Tanzania
- BHRT - CHRAGG - IPIS | 21 maart 2019
This report presents a summary of the outcomes of the conference titled “Multi Stakeholder Conference on Business and Human Rights in Tanzania” which was held in Dodoma, Tanzania on the 21st of March 2019, at Royal Village Hotel. The conference was part of the project “Improving, monitoring, research and dialogue on business and human rights in Tanzania”, which aims at building local and national
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Ground-based incident reporting in eastern DRC – Progress Report 2
- Alexandre Jaillon, Erik Gobbers, Gabriel Kamundala Byemba | 15 februari 2019
In January 2018, the European Partnership for Responsible Minerals (EPRM) granted IPIS funds to implement an independent, transparent and participatory platform for incident reporting and community empowerment in responsible sourcing in the Eastern DRC gold sector. This platform will contribute to improving transparency around follow-up and resolution of incidents in cooperation with relevant stak
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Infographic – The ATT, arms trade to Saudi-Arabia and violence in Yemen
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| 8 februari 2019
The ongoing war in Yemen has transformed into a humanitarian catastrophe of unknown magnitude. Civilian casualties, estimated in the millions, continue to rise as do the number facing severe famine. Saudi Arabia and other parties to the Yemeni conflict stand accused of repeatedly violating international humanitarian law. In spite of these allegations, countries continue to export weapons and milit
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Mapping artisanal and small-scale mining in northwest Tanzania
- Elard Mawala, Hans Merket | 25 januari 2019
IPIS has undertaken an unprecedented mobile data collection campaign, mapping 450 artisanal and small-scale mining and processing sites in northwest Tanzania. This serves to improve the evidence based on the sector, and contribute to a balanced understanding of its nature, scope and impact in Tanzania. Download the Report Visit the Interactive Webmap Download the full resolution static map (A0)
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Toolbox voor bedrijven en mensenrechten
- IPIS, Sakado, University of Antwerp | 25 januari 2019
Ter gelegenheid van de 70ste verjaardag van de Universele Verklaring van de Rechten van de Mens (UVRM) heeft het Federale Instituut voor Duurzame Ontwikkeling (FIDO) de TOOLBOX Human Rights gelanceerd. Deze toolbox bundelt de belangrijkste mensenrechtenverdragen, -voorschriften en -regelgeving op één uitgebreide website. Bedrijven, organisaties en hun stakeholders zullen zo gemakkelijker hun belei
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Capacity Building for a Responsible Minerals Trade
- Guillaume de Brier | 20 december 2018
With the support of the Capacity Building for Responsible Minerals Trade, IPIS developed and implemented a methodology aimed at assessing the responsible sourcing potential of gold mining areas in South-Kivu. IPIS conducted field missions in seven gold trading hubs and their surrounding mines in South-Kivu: Shabunda centre (Shabunda territory), Katchungu (Shabunda territory), Mapimo (Shabunda terr
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Article – The Political Economy of Roadblocks in the Central African Republic
- Alexandre Jaillon, Peer Schouten (DIIS/IPIS), Soleil Kalessopo | 2 oktober 2018
From September 2016 to September 2017, the International Peace Information Service (IPIS) and the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) conducted a mapping of roadblocks in the Central African Republic. This data collection campaign also features more than 200 interviews with various actors and was combined with data from other reports on roadblocks to form a comprehensive study on the
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Central African Republic – Ouham-Pende Basemap (2019)
- Alexandre Jaillon, Emily Doerner | 17 september 2018
Each year the annual migration of transnational transhumance through the prefecture of Ouham-Pende, in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR), uproots a deep-seated mistrust between nomadic and sedentary communities. Escalating militancy and environmental pressures in the region has only amplified these issues in recent years. These maps, created by IPIS, detail the towns, villages, roads, ID
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Centraalafrikaanse Republiek: het conflict in kaart gebracht
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| 18 september 2018
In een nieuw rapport en interactieve webkaart ontrafelt IPIS het conflict in de Centraalafrikaanse republiek. Toegang tot grondstoffen blijft de voornaamste oorzaak van geweld in het geteisterde land. Alle gewapende groepen maken zich schuldig aan plundering in zowat alle relevante economische sectoren. Ze zoeken toegang tot grondstoffen en natuurlijke rijkdommen om hun activiteiten te financiere
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Annual Report 2017
- IPIS | 21 augustus 2018
In its 2017 annual report, IPIS gives an overview of its research projects and activities. It covers the four research programmes that IPIS focusses on: natural resources, arms trade, conflict mapping and business and human rights. IPIS explains among others its mapping work of artisanal mining sites in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its work on Human Rights in mining in Northwest Tanzania an
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Voix du Congo: Study on gold panning and the use of mercury in artisanal mining in Ituri
- AEMAPRI, Augustin Bedidjo | 23 juli 2018
See our series: VOIX DU CONGO This publication, by the “Association des Exploitants Miniers Artisanaux pour la Pacification et Reconstruction de l’Ituri” (AEMAPRI), presents a study on gold panning and the use of mercury in Ituri. The Ituri Province is one of the DRC’s resource-rich provinces; notably gold, coltan, cassiterite, diamonds and oil. Gold production in Ituri is essentially
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Ground-based incident reporting in Eastern DRC – Progress Report 1
- Alexandre Jaillon, Guillaume de Brier | 23 juli 2018
In January 2018, IPIS and its partner CEGEMI (a Bukavu-based research institute) launched a two-year project founded by EPRM to advance incident reporting and community participation in responsible sourcing through cooperative and CSO capacity enhancement in Eastern DR Congo gold sector. “First field visit to identify potential cooperative to be part of project activities.” Copyright: Gabriel KAMU
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Voix du Congo: Fraud and mineral smuggling in the territory of Kalehe, South Kivu
- CENADEP | 15 april 2018
See our series: VOIX DU CONGO This publication, by the “Centre National d’Appui au Développement et à la Participation Populaire” (CENADEP), presents a study on the channels of mineral fraud and smuggling in Kalehe (South Kivu) and, more specifically, the case of the Numbi/Lumbishi supply chain. In Kalehe territory, Numbi’s supply chain is one of the most important because it can produ