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The KP’s Core Document defines conflict diamonds as rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The KP’s key mechanism for eliminating the flow of conflict diamonds is the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS).
In order to understand why calls to broaden the scope of the conflict diamond definition have not been successful to date, this article will first examine how the issue of redefinition has emerged within the KP.
The Kimberley Process (KP) is an international, multi-stakeholder trade regime created in 2003 to increase transparency and oversight in the diamond supply chain in order to eliminate trade in conflict diamonds, defined as rough diamonds sold by rebel groups or their allies to fund conflict against legitimate governments.
5 lip 2007 · Diamonds, a global symbol of love and wealth, have also served as hard currency for conflict in Africa. So-called “conflict diamonds” have been a concern for humanitarian advocates and a complex issue before policy makers for almost a decade.
In its new report, IPIS assesses Belgium’s fight against conflict diamonds. The report focusses on the Belgian city of Antwerp, which has played a central role in the global diamond trade for centuries.
14 kwi 2008 · This section of the article explores these concepts with respect to the case of conflict diamonds, and examines how an expanded understanding of geographies of resource wars can contribute to studies of the role of diamonds in armed conflicts.
The concept of ‘conflict diamonds’ stems from the conflict in Angola and the failure of the international community to bring a lasting settlement to the civil war there through the combined efforts of the United Nations and a ‘troika’ of states comprising Portugal, Russia and the United States.
