Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe | June 5, 2009 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Global Witness hails commitment of veteran diamond campaigner For immediate release: 5 June, 2009 Global Witness today paid tribute to the efforts and commitment of Ian Smillie, a founding member of the Kimberley Process, who has decided to end his participation in the rough diamond certification scheme. Leading Partnership Africa Canada's work on diamonds, Ian campaigned tirelessly for over 10 years to create and then strengthen an international system that was designed to prevent diamonds from fuelling conflict and human rights abuses. | Dec. 12, 2008 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Conflict diamond scheme must suspend Zimbabwe PRESS RELEASE Friday, 12 December 2008 Conflict diamond scheme must suspend Zimbabwe Members of the Kimberley Process (KP) Civil Society Coalition are calling upon the KP to suspend Zimbabwe from the rough diamond certification scheme, in light of recent violence used by the government to take control of the Chiadzwa diamond fields. Police reportedly shot and killed as many as 50 informal diamond diggers in November's raid, allegedly termed "Operation No Return". | Oct. 28, 2008 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Loupe Holes in the Kimberley Process PRESS RELEASE Embargoed to October 28, 2008 Download report here LOUPE HOLES IN THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS Gateway for Conflict Diamonds | Oct. 9, 2007 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Kimberley Process Must Expel Venezuela PRESS RELEASE For immediate release 9 October 2007 Kimberley Process Must Expel Venezuela Illicit trade risks undermining international scheme to combat blood diamonds Global Witness called today for the Chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), the European Commission, to expel Venezuela from the government-led rough diamond certification scheme1 for flagrant non-compliance. Failure to do so could compromise the entire scheme. | May 29, 2007 Diamonds New survey: UK retailers not doing enough to combat conflict diamonds | April 30, 2007 Diamonds Liberia Liberia Diamond Ban Lifted: Vigilance Needed to Ensure Diamonds Promote Development Global Witness and Partnership Africa Canada - Press Release - 30 April 2007 Liberia Diamond Ban Lifted: Vigilance Needed to Ensure Diamonds Promote Development The United Nations Security Council voted on Friday to end the embargo on Liberian diamonds following progress made by the Liberian government in establishing a system to combat the trade in conflict diamonds. | Feb. 22, 2007 Diamonds New survey shows US jewelry retailers are not doing enough to combat blood diamonds PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release Contact: Suzanne Trimel at Amnesty: 212-633-4150 Thursday, February 22, 2007 Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: 202-721-5670 | Jan. 22, 2007 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Blood Diamonds: New call on diamond industry to clean up diamond trade Amnesty International UK & Global Witness PRESS RELEASE STRICTLY EMBARGOED: MONDAY 22 JANUARY, 00:01 HRS GMT BLOOD DIAMONDS: NEW CALL ON DIAMOND INDUSTRY TO CLEAN UP DIAMOND TRADE Call made as blockbuster film Blood Diamond premieres in UK | Nov. 3, 2006 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Open Letter from NGOs to the Kimberley Process Chair | Oct. 9, 2006 Diamonds RAPPORT DES NATIONS UNIES CONDAMNE LES EXPORTATIONS DE DIAMANTS DE GUERRE Le Processus de Kimberley résiste au changement Un rapport au Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies, qui sera publié cette semaine, révèle qu'une importante quantité de diamants de guerre pénètre dans le marché légitime des diamants, en provenance de la région de la Côte d'Ivoire qui est sous l'emprise des rebelles. Cela va à l'encontre de l'objectif fondamental du Processus de Kimberley, créé il y a trois ans dans le but de garantir que tous les diamants bruts commercialisés sur la scène internationale ne soient pas des diamants de guerre. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10