A beautiful precious diamond can last forever, but what most people do not know is that a majority of our diamonds come from Africa. The civil wars in Africa over diamonds began around 1961 and ended in 2003. Conflict diamonds were rampant and it would be difficult to say if any jewelry sold prior to 2003 was conflict free. Conflict diamonds are diamonds that have been mined and were controlled by African rebels. The rebels would use the profits from selling conflict diamonds to fund illegal activity
genocide or other questionable objectives. Even with a system known as the Kimberly process which tracks diamonds to prevent trade of these illicit gems, infractions continue as the process is seriously flawed. The continuation of the blood diamond trade is inhuman, and unethical, and in order to cease this illicit trade further action to redefine a conflict diamond, as well as reform to the diamond certification prosess is nessasary. Said to be a girl's best friend, diamonds are often seen as
that... ... middle of paper ... ...g. It is also working with the African government to help build up these communities with better health care, education systems, better working conditions and better equipment for the actual digging and mining process. Legitimate diamond sellers and activists are fighting to change the system in Africa, which supplies about 65% of the world’s diamonds. Their goal is to make all diamonds conflict-free meaning they were not obtained through the use of violence, human
statute on a governmental body that is better suited for the task. Further, the indirect “name and shame” enforcement mechanism of 1502 is inherently flawed and should be discarded in favor of a more aggressive and direct enforcement scheme as the Kimberly Process or the use of severe penalties. Congress cannot merely rely on public shaming to convince the boards of major corporations to avoid conflict minerals. As it currently stands, Section 1502 serves as nothing more than a humanitarian gesture
Sierra Leone, a small country located in west Africa, has recently dropped its population from 4.4 million to 2 million because of a massive war that had struck quite swiftly. This war had been a great tragedy to those who were in Sierra Leone at the time for they were innocent and had no do of wrong. To dig to the core, you would find that this war was primarily caused by the diamonds in the country. In efforts to preventing such a tremble in this or any other country again, many solutions to this
state for human rights commented that it was Angola’s long civil war to blame for creating the climate of abuse causing the soldiers to use such violent ways of preventing the civilians from mining the illegal diamonds. This issue has put the Kimberley Process into its worst problem in its short history. It was praised for its pledge to human rights but it is said that it doesn’t take into consideration the abuses of human rights in diamond territory that is controlled by the governments.
from the Greek word, "adamas" meaning unconquerable. The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was established in 2003 to prevent conflict diamonds, any diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance anti-government activities, from entering the diamond market (“The Kimberley Process”). As blood diamonds continue to enter the market and counties and NGO’s alike leave, questions are raised as to whether or not the Kimberley Process works and if it should be revised. By stopping the trade of blood
Conflict diamonds have played a major role in people's lives. Rape of women and girls have become a widespread problem in these African countries. Members of the war terrorized the civilian population and broke apart thousands of families. Additionally, these women who were kidnapped became forced to travel with the rebels throughout the war and many became sex slaves for the “sobels”,also known as rebels by day, soldiers by night. “In many cases the abducted were gang raped, beaten, starved, tortured
promising a lifelong commitment in the first world tainted with the blood of third world grief. Works Cited Bertoni, Allessandro. DIAMONDFACTS.ORG. MDBC, 2014. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. . AllAboutDiamonds.org. N.p., 2004-2015. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. . Kimberley Process (kp). World Trade Orginization, 2014. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. . Amensty International . N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. . Peley, Scott. Brilliant Earth . BBB, 2005-2014. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. . Brink's Global Services . N.p., 2014. Web. 6 Apr. 2014. .
example, blood diamonds were a major concern of the public which were used to fund conflicts in war torn areas. According to the Global Witness, in 2003, an agreement was made called Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, to remove blood diamonds from the worlds diamond su... ... middle of paper ... ...s/kimberley-process Wilcox, J., Damassa, S., & Hyder, Z. (2007, April 14). Strategic Report for Tiffany & Company. . Retrieved May 21, 2014, from http://economics-files.pomona.edu/jlikens/SeniorSeminars/harknessconsulting2008/pdfs/Tiffany_and_Co
costs. Companies must look for possibilities within their own supply chain to develop cleaner processes. This leads to the last environmental call of the Compact: to develop sustainable technologies. These are technologies that make the business process less polluting, protect the environment, use resources sustainably, recycle more, and produce less and or cleaner waste2. Pursuing sustainable technology can be costly, but it is an investment into the future of the company, giving it a reputation