Publications
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National Baseline Assessment – Business and Human Rights in Belgium
- IPIS | March 17, 2021
IPIS contributed to the Belgian National Baseline Assessment (NBA). The report covers the findings and recommendations of the NBA. The NBA charts the progress made by Belgian authorities and companies since the launch of Belgium’s first National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, in June 2017. The research was commissioned by the Belgian Federal Institute for Sustainable Developme
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Report on the Third Multi-Stakeholder Conference on Business and Human Rights in Tanzania
- BHRT - CHRAGG - IPIS | February 27, 2021
This report presents a summary of the outcomes of the Third Multi-stakeholder Conference on Business and Human Rights in Tanzania which was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on the 17th of February 2021, at Holliday Inn 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
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Promoting peaceful and seasonal migration in Northern Central African Republic
- Guillaume de Brier, Peer Schouten (DIIS/IPIS) | February 9, 2021
“You can negotiate with an armed group, not with the drought” The borderlands of the Central African Republic (CAR) are home to one of the largest seasonal livestock migrations (transhumance) in the world. Decades of unrest and crisis, however, have brutally disrupted most aspects of herding—the routes taken, the people involved, governance mechanisms, as well as relations to local populations. To
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Voix du Congo: Analysis of incidents in 3TG supply chains in Walungu and Kabare, South-Kivu, DRC
- Benjamin BISIMWA, CRESA, Innocent IRENGE | February 2, 2021
Since November 2018, International Peace Information Service (IPIS) has been implementing the “Kufatilia” project which aims at strengthening transparency in the monitoring of incidents related to artisanal mining.
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The Impact of Covid-19 on artisanal mining in Western Central African Republic
- Alexandre Jaillon | January 21, 2021
To assess the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Western Central African Republic (CAR), IPIS conducted a series of phone surveys with key informants located on 260 gold and diamond mining sites. The Covid-19 pandemic has been particularly harsh on the artisanal mining sector in Western CAR, emphasizing existing trends since the 2
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Voix du Congo: Monitoring incidents in artisanal supply chains in the Rubaya mining zone, Masisi territory, North Kivu
- Pole Institute, Raoul Banywesize Busime | December 15, 2020
In the “Voix du Congo” series, Pole Institute presents a study on incidents in artisanal supply chains in the Rubaya mining area, Masisi territory in North Kivu province (DRC). This study focuses on incidents reported between September and June 2020 via the “Kufatilia” platform in the Rubaya Mining Zone, Masisi Territory, North Kivu Province.
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Africa and the regulation of transnational arms brokering: challenges to implement international standards
- Brian Wood, Peter Danssaert | December 1, 2020
Brian Wood and Peter Danssaert contributed a chapter on transnational arms brokering for the Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law 2019, edited by Zeray Yihdego, Melaku Geboye Desta, Martha Belete Hailu (2020). Abstract: African countries face an ongoing threat from the consequences of unregulated arms brokering but this cannot be solved by remedial action in Africa alone. Cases show t
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The impact of diamond mining on local communities in Africa. Field research results of KP CSC members.
- Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition | November 19, 2020
KP Civil Society member organisations between May and August 2020 carried out research projects in their home countries on one of three areas of focus, namely benefits of diamond mining to local communities (CECIDE/AMINES, GAERN, NMJD, CNRG, Green Advocates, CENADEP), violence caused by diamond mining (ZELA, RELUFA) and land rights (MCDF). All participants in these national research projects faced
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The mining sector in Tanzania, Delve Country Profile
- Laure Gerig, Lotte Hoex, Nathan Schneck (Pact), Patricia Ndagano (World Bank) | November 19, 2020
In partnership with Delve, IPIS produced a profile of the ASM sector in Tanzania. The Country Profile compiles information on the mining governance framework, provides data on key ASM minerals and analyses the contribution of artisanal mining to the SDGs.
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The mining sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Delve Country Profile
- Laure Gerig, Lotte Hoex, Nathan Schneck (Pact), Patricia Ndagano (World Bank) | November 5, 2020
In partnership with Delve, IPIS produced a profile of the ASM sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Country Profile compiles information on the mining governance framework, provides data on key ASM minerals and analyses the contribution of artisanal mining to the SDGs.
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L’exploitation minière artisanale à Beni-Mbau : Etat des lieux et cartographie des sites miniers
- Henri Kamabu Ngavo, Herman Hamuli Miruho, Janvier Murairi (ASSODIP), Ken Matthysen, Mieke Thierens, Saidi Kubuya (ASSODIP) | October 30, 2020
In the framework of the stabilisation project “Ensemble pour Beni”, IOM, IPIS, ASSODIP and ASADHO carried out a baseline assessment of the artisanal mining sector in the Beni territory. This report provides an overview of the sector and analyses opportunities to promote responsible mineral supply chains.
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The impact of Covid-19 on artisanal mines in western CAR
- Alexandre Jaillon, Lotte Hoex | October 16, 2020
To assess the socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the artisanal and small-scale sector in the Central African Republic, IPIS conducted a series of phone interviews targeting key informants to collect information on minerals production, prices and illegal taxation on gold and diamond artisanal mining sites in western CAR.
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The impact of Covid-19 on the artisanal mining sector in eastern DRC
- Guillaume de Brier, Ken Matthysen, Lotte Hoex | October 14, 2020
As Covid-19 spreads around the world, artisanal mining communities experience once more how much their livelihoods depend on the global economy. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, IPIS has closely monitored its impact on 3T, gold and diamond mining and trade in the DRC.
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IPIS Open Data dashboard on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in eastern DRC
- Thomas Muller | October 8, 2020
The IPIS Open Data dashboard on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) enables users to query and subset IPIS Open Data using various combinations of filters. The dashboard was designed to complement the IPIS Webmap of DRC.
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Story map of ASM sites in the DRC
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Explore IPIS’ web map of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with a guided narrative In its new story map, IPIS presents data gathered on eastern DRC’s artisanal mining sector and highlights key information from its reports investigating the interactions between natural resources and conflict dynamics in the region. Data was gathered on around 2,700 mining sites, and the principal m
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Annual Report 2019
- IPIS | August 26, 2020
This 2019 annual report provides an overview of IPIS’ research projects, capacity enhancement and outreach activities throughout last year. Read the full activity report to see what IPIS has been up to in 2019.
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The impact of Covid-19 on artisanal mining communities in northern Tanzania
- Mieke Thierens | August 4, 2020
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, IPIS closely monitors the impact of the pandemic on 3T+G mines and national supply chains in Tanzania, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the DR Congo. Through structured quantitative and qualitative data collection, IPIS measures the impact on a large amount of mining sites. IPIS is working through its long-established network of local surveyors wh
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Voix du Congo : Analysis of incidents in the artisanal gold supply chain in Misisi
- APDE, Julien Mapenzi | July 28, 2020
See our series: VOIX DU CONGO In the “Voix du Congo” series, the non-profit organisation “Action pour la paix et le development” presents a study on incidents in the artisanal gold supply chain in Misisi. APDE is a socio-legal, apolitical and non-confessional NGO working on mining, human rights which can lead concrete response actions in specific areas such as: conflict prevention and resolution,
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The impact of Covid-19 on Gold and Diamond artisanal mines in Western Central African Republic
- Alexandre Jaillon | July 24, 2020
Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, IPIS closely monitors the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on 3T, Gold and Diamond mines and national supply chains in Tanzania, the Central African Republic (CAR) and the DR Congo. Through structured quantitative and qualitative data collection, IPIS measures the impact on a large amount of mining sites. IPIS is working through its long-established netw
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Voix du Congo : Analysis of incidents in the artisanal mining supply chain in Shabunda territory, South Kivu
- ACADHOSHA, Blaise BUBALA | July 23, 2020
See our series : VOIX DU CONGO In the “Voix du Congo” series, “Action des Chrétiens Activistes des Droits de l’Homme à Shabunda” (ACADHOSHA) presents a study of incidents in the artisanal mining supply chain in Shabunda territory (South Kivu). ACADHOSHA is a non-profit association, under Congolese law, that campaigns for the promotion of human rights, justice and the sustainable manage