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no DOI — not checkedMultiple NGOs have documented widespread abuse. Though Human Rights Watch and Global Witness reports are most cited, regional human rights organizations like the People Against Suffering Oppression and Poverty have also visited Zimbabwe and warned of widespread killings and displacements. Bheki Mpofu, Diamond Slavery Causing Terror
no DOI — not checkedWhile critics often challenge the neutrality of such reporting mechanisms, the newspapers and state accounts below suggest that most observers and countries agree as to the nature of these events
no DOI — not checkedNo one is alleging significant ongoing human right related violations at any of these corporate run mines. Michelle Graff, KP Comes Under Fire at Rap Conference, Nat'l Jeweler
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no DOI — not checkedDiamond Slavery Causing Terror
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no DOI — not checkedZimbabwe Diamond Atrocities: Kimberley Process Not Interested in Human Rights
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no DOI — not checkedRiver Ranch is currently owned by an Arabian mogul as well as local investors and Muroaw is owned by Rio tinto pl and Zimbabwe stock exchange listed firm Rio Zim. Release Diamond Report, Financial Gazette (Harare) (Sept. 17, 2009) available at 2009 WLNR 21242689. This seems unlikely, though, as Zimbabwe would still face high costs in getting the diamonds to market which it would not face if it remains a member of the KP and it could just heavily taxes the legitimate mines. On the other hand
no DOI — not checkedThey bemoan the limitation of a rotating KPCS chair, the consensus voting mechanism, and weak monitoring. Governments' Inaction Smuggling and Human Rights Abuses Threaten KP
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no DOI — not checkedconflictless" goods in the context of high end jewelry where much of the good's value is symbolic and status based, unlike consumers contemplating price increases in basic commodities such as oil or timber or foodstuffs. Even so, at least some market shapers seem to care about these values in basic foodstuffs categories like free trade coffee. KATHLEEN PAINTER, AN ANALYSIS OF FOOD CHAIN DEMAND FOR DIFFERENTIATED FARM COMMODITIES
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no DOI — not checkedILLICIT DIAMOND, supra note 262, at 2.. In addition, actors may be able to access certification materials on the black market. Passas & Jones, supra note 39, at 10. For example, a UN panel found conflict diamonds being smuggled out of Cote d'Ivoire into neighboring countries including member state Ghana where they were being illegally certified for future trade. Global Witness, Kimberley Process Update, supra note 161. Similar problems plague Brazil
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no DOI — not checkedAfter 6 years under a UN embargo, the Security Council lifted sanctions on Liberia for their continuing cooperation with the Kimberley Process. 330 Similarly, the Republic of Congo and Turkey were readmitted to the agreement after they revised domestic legislation and showed evidence of stronger internal controls. 331 Equally important, even critics acknowledge that conflict diamonds, about 4% of the world market in the early 2000s, now comprise only about 1%. 332 The review of the Kimberley Process suggests that the market price for illicit diamonds has fallen. 333 In addition, diamond related conflicts in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, and Sierre Leone ended in the wake of the Kimberley Process. 334 Only Cote d'Ivoire is currently producing conflict diamonds, narrowly defined. 335 While scholars often face significant difficulties in drawing casual relationships, it seems plausible that the Kimberley Process played a role in the improving conditions. Another limitation about this case study should be noted. The cartel structure of the diamond industry 336 strongly influenced the possibility of regulation as well as institutional design and evolution of the Kimberley Process
no DOI — not checked(discussing six seizures worth 350,000) The United States is also prosecuting diamond smugglers. RETAILERS, supra note 221, at 5. Other countries, such as Brazil, have lodged criminal charges against numerous government officials that produced fraudulent Kimberley Process certificates. Press Release, Partnership Africa Canada
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no DOI — not checkedSome early external evidence suggested that the Kimberley Process has also created an approximately 10% premium for clean diamonds Collier et al., supra note 30
no DOI — not checkedEven there, a peace accord was struck in 2007 and progress is being made toward implementing the peace process. Fatal Transactions.org, Conflict Diamonds and Peace Process in Cote
no DOI — not checkedDiamonds provide one of the best examples of a useless material. . . .constructed . . . as one of our most highly prized resources through the manipulation
no DOI — not checkedDeBeers may have also supported the Kimberley Process as it allowed it to unload its stockpile without diluting prices. TAMM, DIAMONDS AT PEACE AND WAR, supra note 287, at 24-25. DeBeers also argued for increased government oversight of the Kimberley Process in response to third year review criticisms. Carl Mortished, DeBeers Enters Conflict at the Heart of the Diamond Industry, THE TIMES
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