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UK: New shopping guide on conflict diamonds-just in time for Valentine's day | Amnesty International
Diamonds mined in rebel-held areas in Cote d†Ivoire, a West African country in the midst of a volatile conflict, are currently reaching the international diamond market. The guide explains that consumers in the UK can make a difference by insisting that the diamond industry keep the promises it has made to end the trade in conflict diamonds.
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Déjà Vu : diamond industry still failing to deliver on promises
the major American jewellery trade association with over 10,000 members, sent an advisory on 12 September 2004 to its members before Amnesty International USA’s Day of
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:Amnesty InternationalConflict Diamonds · A public statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Enough Project and IMPACT calling on governments and the diamond
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· According to an October 2004 report by Global Witness and Amnesty International, 58 percent of diamond retailers in the United States and the United Kingdom had no policy on conflict diamonds. Retailers are dependent upon their suppliers to provide KPCS guarantees; however, suppliers will only provide these guarantees if retailers
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· World Diamond CouncilMeasure to Fight Conflict Diamonds, addresses the General Assembly’s action Amnesty International/USA, and Physicians for Human Rights and staff from the Congressional office of Tony Hall. All parties aired their views on pending and ..
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Déjà Vu : diamond industry still failing to deliver on promises-Amnesty International
Amnesty International 18 October 2004 AI Index: POL 34/008/2004 the major American jewellery trade association with over 10,000 members, sent an advisory on 12 September 2004 to its members before Amnesty International USA’s Day of Action on Conflict
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· The Central African Republic’s (CAR) biggest traders have purchased diamonds worth several million dollars without adequately investigating whether they financed armed groups responsible for summary executions, rape, enforced disappearances and widespread looting, Amnesty International said in a report published today. The
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· end to the international trade of diamonds from rebel-held areas in Sierra Leone. “Diamonds from Sierra Leone have been used to fund the transfer of weapons to Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels who have committed widespread human
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· Botswana’s delegate stated that approximately 99.8 per cent of the global production of rough diamonds is conflict-free, due to the “relentless efforts” of the Kimberley Process, a tripartite body consisting of Governments, civil
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· The Central African Republic’s (CAR) biggest traders have purchased diamonds worth several million dollars without adequately investigating whether they financed armed groups responsible for summary executions, rape, enforced disappearances and widespread looting, Amnesty International said in a report published today.
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BLOOD DIAMOND-Amnesty
Nigeria, a West African country bordered by Chad, Cameroon, Benin and Niger, is Africa’s most populous nation with over 130 million people. Nigeria’s population is made up of about 200 ethnic. groups, 500 indigenous languages, and two major religions-Islam (concentrated in the North) and.
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· Human rights organisations Amnesty International and Global Witness have today (22 January) called on the diamond industry to make good on its promises to clean up the international diamond trade and ensure that consumers can be sure the gems they buy are not blood diamonds. The call comes as the film Blood Diamond opens in
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:Amnesty InternationalConflict Diamonds · The report, Chains of Abuse: The Global Diamond Supply Chain and the Case of the Central African Republic, documents several other abuses in the diamond sector, including child labor and tax abuse.
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CONFLICT DIAMONDS 4 IDEAS FOR ACTION FROM THE CORPORATE ACTION NETWORK (CAN) AND THE DRC COUNTRY ACTION PROGRAM (DRC CAP) The movie Blood Diamond depicts a period in Sierra Leone s recent history
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:Amnesty InternationalConflict DiamondsDiamond Industry · According to an October 2004 report by Global Witness and Amnesty International, 58 percent of diamond retailers in the United States and the United
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· This guide is designed primarily for high school and college age students, as well as adult<br />. learners. It can be used in social and international studies classes, history classes, or as a<br />. stand-alone learning opportunity. It can also be used in community settings, such as film<br />.
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· A public statement by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Global Witness, Enough Project and IMPACT calling on governments and the diamond industry to engage in meaningful, transparent reform of the sector – from mine to retail – to break the links between diamonds and human rights abuse, conflict and corruption.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo-Amnesty International
Democratic Republic Of The Congo 2023. The human rights situation remained dire. Persistent large-scale attacks against civilians by armed groups and the Congolese security forces fuelled the humanitarian crisis in which nearly 7 million people were internally displaced and thousands of others fled the country.
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· Amnesty International USA Recorded 125 Separate Incidents of Police Violence Against Protesters, Medics, Journalists and Legal Observers in 40 States and D.C. During May and June Protests The Report Chronicles the Stories of More Than 50 People Affected by Police Violence as Black Lives Matter Grows Into the Largest Social
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UK: Amnesty warns lovers – Watch out for conflict diamonds this Valentine's Day-Amnesty International
Amnesty International members around the UK visited over 330 high-street shops and questioned staff about their policy on conflict diamonds. Nearly half (46 per cent) could not provide a copy of their company policy on conflict diamonds, with over a fifth (22 per cent) explicitly stating that they had no policy on the issue
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· The Sierra Leone government must continue to ensure that the human rights of people living close to the diamond mine exploited by Meya Mining in eastern Kono district are protected, Amnesty
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Cutting the link between diamonds and human rights abuses | Amnesty International
Cutting the link between diamonds and human rights abuses. Since May this year, when the long-standing crisis in Sierra Leone captured the world's attention, governments and the industry have announced a series of measures which aim to prevent so-called conflict diamonds from entering the international market-place.
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Blood Diamonds are still a reality-Amnesty International
Conflict or blood diamonds fuel conflict, civil wars and human rights abuses. They have been responsible for funding recent conflicts in Africa which resulted in the death and
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· Lucy Graham, Legal Adviser in Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights Team. “If companies have bought blood diamonds, they must not be allowed to profit from them,” said Lucy Graham, Legal Adviser in Amnesty International’s Business and Human Rights Team. “The government should confiscate any blood diamonds, sell
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Conflict diamonds: loopholes threaten Kimberley Process credibility | Amnesty International
Editor Notes. (1) The Kimberley Process, launched in January 2003, is an international diamond certification scheme to eradicate the trade in conflict diamonds. It requires governments to implement export/import control regimes in rough diamonds to prevent diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuses and from financing terrorist activities.
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Kimberley Process: An Amnesty International Position Paper
In a joint letter delivered to the Chair of the Kimberley Process dated 3 November 2006, Amnesty International, Global Witness and other NGOs requested that Ghana voluntarily suspend all of its diamond exports until adequate controls endorsed by the Kimberley Process could be put in place and, if Ghana refused to do so, that Ghana be suspended
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· Millions of dollars' worth of conflict diamonds could make it on to the world market under new rules allowing the export of stockpiled gems from the Central African Republic, Amnesty
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Central African Republic: New report gives blood diamond warning | Amnesty International
CAR’s diamond companies could soon start exporting diamonds stockpiled during the on-going conflict in which 5,000 have died. An export ban in place since May 2013 will be partially lifted once the government meets conditions set in July 2015 by the Kimberley Process, which is responsible for preventing the international trade in blood diamonds.
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: 47 · end to the international trade of diamonds from rebel-held areas in Sierra Leone. “Diamonds from Sierra Leone have been used to fund the transfer of weapons to Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels who have committed widespread human
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· Conflict Diamonds: Jewellers keeping consumers in the dark. A survey out today reveals that almost two years after the diamond industry committed itself to a system of self-regulation to prevent the trade in diamonds from regions of conflict, retailers in the US and UK are still failing to live up to their promises.
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