Violence against women in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Whose responsibility? Whose complicity?
November 1, 2011IPIS contributed to the research for and writing of this ITUC report. Summary: Eastern DRC has been ravaged by war and violence since the mid-1990s. Civilians carry the greatest burden of the conflict. Women and girls are especially vulnerable to such attacks. Hundreds of women and girls get sexually violated in their homes and at their workplace. Fuelled and motivated by Congo’s minerals, rebel a
Upstream Pilot Implementation of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas
November 1, 2011Baseline Report on the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten IPIS executed the research for and the writing of this OECD report. The present baseline report is the first in a cycle of three reports on the implementation by upstream companies of the Supplement on Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and Hi
Jaarverslag 2010 IPIS
December 31, 2010Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/jaarverslag2010-2
Jaarverslag 2009 IPIS
December 31, 2009Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/jaarverslag_2009_ipis_vzw-1
Jaarverslag 2008 IPIS
December 31, 2008Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/jaarverslag_2008_ipis_vzw
Afghanistan: arms proliferation fuels further abuse
April 24, 2008Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/afghanistan_arms_proliferation_fuel
Jaarverslag 2007 IPIS
December 31, 2007Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/jaarverslag_2007_ipis_vzw
Netwerk rond generaal Nkunda dient onderzocht
July 10, 2007Eind deze maand loopt het mandaat van de VN-Expertengroep voor Congo af. De groep komt eerstdaags met haar eindrapport. IPIS, de International Peace Information Service in Antwerpen, kon het rapport al inkijken. Het rapport bevat een aantal specifieke gegevens die ook voor België relevant zijn. Zo is ons land de belangrijkste bestemming voor tin-erts vanuit Goma. Een bewoner van de gemeente Tessen
Natural Resource Sector Reform in the DRC
January 5, 2007The All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa convened a meeting on December 6, 2006 to discuss the agenda for reform of the natural resource sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). One of the principle aims of the meeting was to contribute to the work of the United Nations Group of Experts by discussing suggestions for action raised in the course of their work so
Mijnbouw in Peru
January 2, 2007Metalen en mineralen worden massaal ontgonnen. De mijnbouwindustrie uit het Noorden vaart er bijzonder goed bij, terwijl de exploitatie in het Zuiden vaak ten koste van lokale gemeenschappen gaat. Het Zuiden telt dan ook tal van mijnbouwconflicten en Peru, een traditioneel mijnbouwland, ontsnapt daar niet aan. De argumenten van de lokale gemeenschappen in Peru zijn als volgt samen te vatten: mijnb
Sudan: New photographs show further breach of UN arms embargo on Darfur
January 1, 2007Amnesty International today (24 August 2007) released new photographs showing that the Sudanese government is continuing to deploy offensive military equipment in Darfur despite the UN arms embargo and peace agreements. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/aiuk_-_sudan-_further_breach_of_un_
Jaarverslag 2006 IPIS
December 31, 2006Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/jaarverslag_2006_ipis_vzw
Have African-based Diamond Monopolies Been Effective?
June 16, 2001Allegations of links between certain monopoly members and illicit activity will be assessed, with several cases highlighted to provide a more complete picture of the dynamics within the monopolies. Above all, this article seeks objectivity in attempting to separate fact from fiction, and in citing the possible sources, and reasons behind, numerous rumours in circulation – and how these rumours may
Mineral Exports by RCD-Goma in 2000
June 6, 2001The following is a summary of gold, colombo-tantalite (coltan) and diamond exports in 2000 from territory controlled by the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie-(RCD-Goma) rebels in Eastern Congo. These figures were obtained from the RCD Department des Terres, Mines et Énergie in Goma, March 2001, with copies of the documents in the possession of IPIS. The data supplied below is an abridged
