Publications
Democratic Republic of the Congo, mining contracts – state of affairs. The Congo wants to raise the profits of its mining sector.
- Raf Custers | April 24, 2008
IPIS, Antwerp March 25, 2008, On Thursday 20 March the Congolese government published the final report of the Interministerial Commission for the Revisitation of Mining Contracts (the “Revisitation Commission”). The publication had been announced two days earlier in a press release from the Ministry of Mines. With the publication, a first phase is completed. The next stage should be that the gover
Afghanistan: arms proliferation fuels further abuse
- IPIS | April 24, 2008
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Transacties van de Nationale Delcrederedienst onder de loep. Een overzicht van enkele cases
- Jan Cappelle | March 25, 2008
Ieder land heeft het soevereine recht om projecten en werken op zijn grondgebied goed te keuren, rekening houdend met de effecten (positieve b.v. economische belangen of negatieve effecten b.v. schadelijke gevolgen voor het leefmilieu) ervan. Een buitenlands bedrijf moet bij zijn deelname aan dergelijke activiteiten rekening houden met bepaalde voorwaarden. Deze kunnen zowel worden geregeld in de
A Practical Guide about the International Human Rights Frameworks and how Business fits into it
- Jan Cappelle | March 17, 2008
This guide provides business enterprises an overview of the international human rights frameworks. It also uses the Human Rights Compliance Assessment tool created by the Danish Institute for Human Rights. It should be used as a tool for businesses and does not absolve them from not working out detailed principles for the specific sector which they are operational. It is imperative for business ma
Het milieu- en sociaal beleid van exportkredietverzekeringsmaatschappijen. Een vergelijkende analyse
- Jan Cappelle | March 14, 2008
De Nationale Delcrederedienst, een Belgisch overheidsbedrijf, verzekert bedrijven tegen politieke en commerciële risico’s van internationale handelstransacties, onder andere met betrekking tot kapitaalgoederen, industriële projecten, aannemingswerken en diensten. In vele landen, zowel Westerse als ontluikende landen, kunnen bedrijven genieten van soortgelijke overheidssteun. De goedkeuring van der
Mapping Conflict Motives: Eastern DRC (March 2008)
- Filip Hilgert, Steven Spittaels | March 4, 2008
The eastern DRC is still plagued by violent conflict. The centre of the conflict is the ‘Petit Nord’ region where two large armed groups, a coalition of smaller bands of armed men and the government army are all involved in a persisting battle causing enormous human suffering. In the neighbouring regions of the ‘Grand Nord’ and northern South-Kivu open warfare no longer takes place, but there is s
Risky Business. The Lundin Group’s involvement in the Tenke Fungurume Mining project in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Raf Custers, Sara Nordbrand | February 28, 2008
A SwedWatch/Diakonia/IPIS report. After a decade of war and political turmoil, the tide seems to be turning for the DR Congo. The country is now engaged in reconstructing a society that was destroyed by decades of dictatorship and a global power play. Activities are taking off in the mining sector as well. The DR Congo belongs to the category of resource rich countries, with a number of important
The Kimberley Process and the UN: Lessons Learned
- Didier Verbruggen | February 14, 2008
The 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
Blood at the Crossroads: Making the Case for an Arms Trade Treaty
- Peter Danssaert | February 5, 2008
The world is reaching the crossroads where governments must decide which approach to take in order to control the increasingly globalised trade in conventional arms. If the current practice of allowing irresponsible transfers of military and security equipment and related items across borders is allowed to continue, millions more lives and livelihoods will be destroyed and the fundamental human ri
Mapping interests in conflict areas: Katanga. (Update September-November 2007)
- Filip Hilgert, Steven Spittaels | January 23, 2008
The International Peace Information Service (IPIS), a Belgium based research NGO, is a member of the Fatal Transactions consortium, which carries out the action ‘From Fatal to Fair Transactions’ with co-funding from the EU. IPIS’ contribution to this action is to develop a tool for the analysis of conflict drivers. Making use of GIS (Geographic Information Systems) software, we visualise possible
Jaarverslag 2007 IPIS
- IPIS | December 31, 2007
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World Bank and DRCongo, Mining Session, Paris November 30, 2007
- Raf Custers | December 28, 2007
On November 29 and 30, 2007, a Consultative Group Meeting on the Democratic Republic of Congo took place at the World Bank’s offices in Paris. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/world_bank_and_drc
Congo blijft onder buitenlandse druk
- Raf Custers | October 28, 2007
Dat president Kabila zijn bezoek aan Brussel inkortte, had één verifieerbare reden: Kabila verbleef vier dagen in Noord-Kivu waar in augustus opnieuw zware gevechten uitbraken tussen het regeringsleger en de rebellerende ex-generaal Laurent Nkunda. Maar Nkunda is niet Kabila’s enige kopzorg, hij ondervindt van meerdere kanten druk. Congolese waarnemers zien daarin de hand van het Westen. Download
Het beleid van exportkredietverzekeringsmaatschappijen
- Jan Cappelle | October 28, 2007
De privé-sector is veruit de belangrijkste motor van de wereldeconomie en bedrijven kunnen in belangrijke mate bijdragen tot de socio-economische stabiliteit van een regio of land, hebben de capaciteit om te zorgen voor technologische overdracht en kunnen welvaart genereren. Daarnaast is er een groeiende erkenning dat ze kunnen bijdragen tot conflictpreventie en duurzame vredesopbouw. Tegelijkerti
Mapping interests in conflict areas: Katanga (August 2007)
- Nick Meynen, Steven Spittaels | August 23, 2007
Revised version August 2007. ‘Mapping interests in conflict areas: Katanga’ reports on the presence of (ex-) combatants in the Congolese province of Katanga. It focuses on two broad categories: the ‘Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo’ (FARDC) and the Mayi-Mayi militias. There is no significant presence of other armed groups in the region. After the surrender of the warlord Gédéon
Netwerk rond generaal Nkunda dient onderzocht
- IPIS | July 10, 2007
Eind 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
Sudan: Arms continuing to fuel serious human rights violations in Darfur
- Peter Danssaert | May 5, 2007
This report describes the arming process and its effects on the people of Darfur and neighbouring eastern Chad, many of whom have been forcibly displaced. It provides details of violations of the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur that occurred during January to March 2007. Amongst other things, it shows how the Government of Sudan violates the UN arms embargo and disguises some of its military
Recent arms deliveries from the successor States of the former Yugoslavia
- Brian Johnson-Thomas, Jan Cappelle, Peter Danssaert | March 18, 2007
This report presents the findings of the group of international experts commissioned by IPIS vzw to examine the current controls on weapons exports from the countries of former Yugoslavia, especially the Republic of Bosnia-Herzogovina and the Republic of Serbia. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20070319_recent_arms_deliveries_fro
Human Rights, Banking Risks. Incorporating Human Rights Obligations
- Jan Cappelle | March 17, 2007
This report was written on behalf of BankTrack . BankTrack released the following press release at the UN consultation on February 16, 2007. See more: www.banktrack.org “Financial institutions can play an important role in promoting human rights, as well as respecting them by preventing or minimizing the social and environmental harm that may be caused by their transactions. Too often, Banks are c
A long road towards universal protection
- An Vranckx | January 17, 2007
Natural disasters and armed conflict tend to trigger humanitarian action, to trace missing persons, re-establish contact and reunite families whose flight for safety tore them apart. Humanitarian organisations also help identify victims, and register and visit those taken prisoner, to avoid their disappearance. Download in pdf or open with issuu reader. http://issuu.com/ipisresearch/docs/20070115