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08.02.2005 | Making it add up
Is the EITI Adding Up? Since its inception in 2003, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has recorded some important achievements. There is now extensive international awareness that transparency of... read more
08.12.2004 | Dangerous Liaisons
A briefing document submitted by Global Witness to the UN Security Council. read more
22.10.2004 | The Key to Kimberley:
Joint report by Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada. read more
22.10.2004 | Rich Man Poor Man
Joint report by Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada read more
18.10.2004 | Déjà vu
This report presents the results of Global Witness and Amnesty International's survey into the diamond jewellery retail sector's implementation of self-regulation to support the Kimberley Process, the international... read more
28.09.2004 | Rush and Ruin
The Devastating Mineral Trade in Southern Katanga, DRC. read more
14.09.2004 | Resource - Curse or Cure?
A policy briefing submitted by Global Witness to the UN Security Council.
14th September 2004 read more
06.07.2004 | Same Old Story
THIS REPORT marks the beginning of an extensive project that will examine natural resource governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. read more
30.03.2004 | Broken Vows
Major United States (US) and international retailers selling diamond jewellery are falling short on their promises to combat the trade in conflict diamonds. This report details the results of Global Witness' survey and... read more
25.03.2004 | Time for Transparency
Angola | Central Asia | Equatorial Guinea | Former Soviet Union | Kazakhstan | Oil Gas and Mining | Corruption
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C’est l’heure de la transparence Hora de Transparência Tiempo para la transparencia Time for Transparency (4/04) Time for Transparency (text format) Vremya prozrachnosti
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Bank, Fund must lead on transparency in oil, gas and mining Revenues from oil, mining and gas are vital to about 60 developing or transitional countries, where more than two-thirds of the world’s poorest people are... read more
Global Witness is one of the founder members of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign of over 120 NGOs that are calling for governments, especially those in the G8, to take leadership and promote transparency over... read more
17.04.2003 | For a Few Dollars More
How al Qaeda easily infiltrated diamond trading
networks, taking advantage of illicit trading structures, weak government
and trade regulations, organised criminal networks and politically corrupt
regimes to raise funds... read more
11.10.2012 | New Congolese oil and mining codes must include strong measures on transparency, tenders and community rights
As the Democratic Republic of Congo begins the process of revising its mining and oil codes, Global Witness has published its recommendations on how the codes could best ensure transparent and accountable management of... read more
31.07.2009 | Faced with a gun, what can you do?
War and the militarisation of mining in eastern congo - a report by Global Witness July 2009
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Press Release - Global Witness uncovers foreign companies’ links... read more
08.02.2005 | Making it add up
Is the EITI Adding Up? Since its inception in 2003, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has recorded some important achievements. There is now extensive international awareness that transparency of... read more
08.12.2004 | Dangerous Liaisons
A briefing document submitted by Global Witness to the UN Security Council. read more
22.10.2004 | The Key to Kimberley:
Joint report by Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada. read more
22.10.2004 | Rich Man Poor Man
Joint report by Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada read more
18.10.2004 | Déjà vu
This report presents the results of Global Witness and Amnesty International's survey into the diamond jewellery retail sector's implementation of self-regulation to support the Kimberley Process, the international... read more
28.09.2004 | Rush and Ruin
The Devastating Mineral Trade in Southern Katanga, DRC. read more
14.09.2004 | Resource - Curse or Cure?
A policy briefing submitted by Global Witness to the UN Security Council.
14th September 2004 read more
06.07.2004 | Same Old Story
THIS REPORT marks the beginning of an extensive project that will examine natural resource governance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. read more
30.03.2004 | Broken Vows
Major United States (US) and international retailers selling diamond jewellery are falling short on their promises to combat the trade in conflict diamonds. This report details the results of Global Witness' survey and... read more
25.03.2004 | Time for Transparency
Angola | Central Asia | Equatorial Guinea | Former Soviet Union | Kazakhstan | Oil Gas and Mining | Corruption
Downloads
C’est l’heure de la transparence Hora de Transparência Tiempo para la transparencia Time for Transparency (4/04) Time for Transparency (text format) Vremya prozrachnosti
Download the full report above in... read more
Bank, Fund must lead on transparency in oil, gas and mining Revenues from oil, mining and gas are vital to about 60 developing or transitional countries, where more than two-thirds of the world’s poorest people are... read more
Global Witness is one of the founder members of the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) campaign of over 120 NGOs that are calling for governments, especially those in the G8, to take leadership and promote transparency over... read more
17.04.2003 | For a Few Dollars More
How al Qaeda easily infiltrated diamond trading
networks, taking advantage of illicit trading structures, weak government
and trade regulations, organised criminal networks and politically corrupt
regimes to raise funds... read more
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