Diamonds and Human Security
Other Facets
Other Facets, a periodic newsletter about the international effort to end diamond-related conflict.
Number 33 - August 2010
- Limited Marange Exports Agreed to in St. Petersburg
- The Road to St. Petersburg: Dead-lock Near the Dead Sea
- A Reform Agenda: How to Strengthen the KP
- Israel Spells Out KP Agenda
- KP Considers Better Enforcement Strategies
- Human Rights Activist Wins Bail
- New Publications
Number 32 - February 2010
- Kimberley Process Plenary in Namibia: rearranging the deck chairs?
- Israel takes over KP leadership
- Venezuela
- Côte d'Ivoire
- KP announces Monitor for Marange
- Rapaport calls for Marange diamond ban
- Civil Society under Attack by KP member states
- From tragedy to farce: Zimbabwe flouts us still
Number 31 - October 2009
- Plenary 2009: Time for Renewal: Seven Years, Seven Issues
- A Sorry Catalogue: Current Unresolved Issues in the Kimberley Process
- Civil Society: Here for Good
- To the KP Plenary 2009: Remember — In Time, or In Memoriam?
Number 30 - June 2009
- Zimbabwe: Massacre, smuggling and KP dithering
- Venezuela update: The Kimberley sham
- Trade bans not the answer in DRC: Report urges support for formalizing the informal sector
- The Taylor trial: Request for acquittal rejected, son gets 97 years
- Guinea and Lebanon: Something Fishy
Number 29 - February 2009
- Venezuela Drops Out: The Withdrawal Method
- Guinea Coup: Something New or Déjà vu?
- Zimbabwe Diamond Atrocities: Kimberley Process not Interested in Human Rights
- Is Congo Burning? Yet another Resource Conflict
- KP Plenary Meets in India: Venezuela “Settled”
- Ralph Hazleton
Number 28 - October 2008
- Venezuela Saga Continues
- KP Ineptitude Endangers Global System
- Rekindled War in DRC
- ‘Porous borders’ just an excuse: PAC Releases 2008 Diamond Review
- Kimberley Statistics Revealed: ‘Limited Utility’ says Critic
- Liberians follow Taylor Trial
- US Toughens Diamond Regulations
- Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform?
Number 27 - June 2008
- Venezuela shames Kimberley; mocks vacillating committees
- Merchant of death arrested; caught in classic sting operation
- Another warlord set for trial; Bemba arrest sends important signal
- DRC mining contracts review published
- Taylor’s missing millions
- Côte d’Ivoire: Conflict diamonds continue
- New DDI Publication on Sierra Leone
Number 26 - February 2008
- Taylor War Crimes Trial Begins: PAC’s Ian Smillie is First Witness
- Kimberley Process Annual Plenary: NGO Participation Increases – But Funding Problems Remain
- DDI Appoints Executive Director
- Venezuela Agrees to KP Visit
- Congolese Diamond Reforms Remain Elusive: Diamonds Earn Diggers $1 per Day
- Diamond Riches Contribute Little to Angolan Development: Management and Human Rights Problems Persist
- DDI Workshop in Sierra Leone: Standards & Guidelines an Important Step
Number 25 - October 2007
- Internal debates blight Kimberley Process
- Taylor trial delayed until January 2008
- Book Reviews: Doug Farah’s “Merchant of Death”, and R.T. Naylor’s “Satanic Purses: Money, Myth and Misinformation in the War on Terror”
- Is conflict bad for private firms?
- MediaWatch
- “Blood Rubies” and the Burmese Junta
- Conflict diamonds go to school
Number 24 - July 2007
- Venezuela attacks PAC: inaction damages Kimberley Process: NGOs
- Worries about illicit trade: KP effectiveness questioned
- Freetown Verdict: first diamond war convictions
- Taylor trial begins: war and crimes against humanity
- Liberia : UN diamond embargo lifted; joins KP
- DDI : G8 endorsement; DDI appoints new board
- “To Have and Have Not”: new Global Witness Report
- Côte d’Ivoire fighting continues: peace deal and amnesty not working
Number 23 - March 2007
- Zimbabwe diamond rush turns poisonous, accusations lead to nationalization plan
- Diamond smuggling in Venezuela, four month failure to communicate
- Global Witness researcher arrested in Angola, espionage charges denied
- “Blood Diamond” fears fade, big challenges remain
- DRC: UN Peacekeeping Mission extended, report finds natural resources fuelling new conflicts
- Tucson gem show arrests, “rare event”
- Canada supports EITI
- The african “Blood Diamond” film, “Ezra” wins Golden Stallion Award
Number 22 - December 2006
- Diamond controls in Venezuela: 100% KP "non-compliant"
- Kimberley Process 2006: Collapse averted
- Suddenly this winter; diamonds, diamonds everywhere: A guide
- Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: KP takes tough stand on conflict diamonds
- Conflict diamonds: What percentage?
- Blood diamond: What the reviewers say
Number 21 - October 2006
- Brazilian Fraud wider than originally believed
- Conflict diamonds transit Ghana
-
USGAO report on conflict diamonds
- Conflict diamonds go to the movies
- WDC Launches new website about diamonds
- ARM consultation on fair trade artisanal gold
Number 20 - June 2006
- Massive Brazilian Diamond Fraud
- South American diamond exports in disarray
- Charles Taylor in prison
- Kouwenhoven war crimes trial ends
- Diamond Development Initiative issues first report
- Major changes afoot in Belgium : Leveling the commercial playing field
- The two Congos : Intimidation and threats against transparency activists
Number 19 - February 2006
- Côte d'ivoire's Conflict Diamonds: UN Security Council Imposes Worldwide Embargo
- Diamond Development Initiative, Successful Accra Meeting
- Kimberley Process Winds Up Third Year
- Congolese Diamonds, Peace And Development: New Pac Report
- Africa's Largest Peacekeeping Operation Ends: Unamsil Closed As Of January 1
- Liberia: Hope for a Better Future Africa's First Woman President; Taylor's Shadow
- Polishing Diamonds In Africa, De Beers Faces Major Change
Number 18 - September 2005
- Diamond Development Initiative begins
- PAC uncovers million dollar Brazilian diamond smuggling fraud
- Liberia diamond sanctions extended
- Diamond under-valuation in Dubai
- UN Peacekeepers set to leave Sierra Leone
- Partnership Africa Canada call for papers
Number 17 - May 2005
- Liberia not yet ready for diamonds
- World's poorest country makes diamond headway
- Terrorist financing & diamonds
- Angolan credibility plummets
Number 16 - February 2005
- Kimberley Process Monitoring
- Stop the Bafflegab on Statistics
- Weak Controls and ''Poverty Diamonds''
- Sierra Leone Truth and Reconcialiation Commission
Number 15 - October 2004
- Al Qaeda and Hezbollah. Charges and Countercharges Abound
- Charles Taylor Saga. Warlord Continues to Evade Justice
- De Beers Clears the Decks but Waters Remain Muddy. Legal Briefs: USA and DRC
- Special PAC report. Liberia: Diamonds Without Maps
Number 14 - June 2004
- Lebanon Dropped From Kimberley Process
- Angolan Diamond Expulsions
- Greater Transparency Required: Us Treasury Department Tells Industry
- DR Congo Diamond Annual Review
- Sierra Leone: UNAMSIL To Remain UNtil June 2005
Number 13 - March 2004
- Liberia Update: Diamond Sanctions to be Lifted?
- Marriott Tackeles Illicit Diamonds
- Sierra Leone Diamond Annual Review
- Meeus Attacks Canada
- Major Increase in Legal Diamonds Exports
Number 12 - December 2003
- Sun City Progress: Kimberley Process Starts to Grow Teeth
- ICC Targets Blood Diamonds
- Charles Taylor Continues to Evade Justice
- Congo & Liberia Panel Reports
- Russian Diamond Crackdown?
- TNCs in Conflict-prone Zones
Number 11 - September 2003
- New Kimberley Membership List Announced
- Central African Republic Review
- Breakthrough on Statistics
- Sierra Leone Struggles for Control
- Liberia: Taylor Resigns
- Books, Publications and more
Number 10 - June 2003
- Progress at Kimberley Meeting
- UN Liberia Sanctions Renewed
- Anglo American and De Beers: $6bn. Apartheid Lawsuit
- Congloese NGOs Slam Security Council, Belgium
- Lebanese Attack PAC Report
- Sierra Leone Special Court
- New Publications
Number 9- March 2003
- Confusion Greets KP Startup
- Security Council Up-date
- World Diamond Council Releases Kimberley Guide
- Diamond Peace Alliance Inaugurated in Sierra Leone
- New Publications
- Campaign Information, Books, Mediawatch
Number 8- November 2002
- Kimberley Certification Scheme Agreed
- DRC Report Condemns Pillage of Diamonds, Natural Resources
- 'Diamond Relief Fund' for Poor Producers
- UN Liberia Panel Reports
- New Reports from Diamonds and Human Security Project
Number 7- September 2002
- Kimberley Process and the G8 - Better Accountability and Greater Transparency
- Al Qaeda and the Quality of Terror - Editorial
- Congolese NGOs Form a New Network
- Kimberley Process - EC Preparations & US Response
- Canadian Police Report: Terrorist Threat Real
Number 6 - May 2002
- Kimberley Process: Partial Breakthrough
- GAO Repeats Condemnation of Weak Kimberley Agreement
- US Legislation: The Beat Goes On
- Liberia Panel Reports
- Angola Peace Hopes
Number 5 - March 2002
- GAO Condemns Weak Kimberley Provisions
- 'Peace' in Sierra Leone
- Hall and Wolf Blast US Inaction
- UN Debate on Conflict Diamonds
- Australian Diamond Industry Under Threat
Number 4 - December 2001
- Kimberley 'Agreement': Half Measures
- Al Qaeda: The Diamond Connection
- UN Expert Panel Reports: Illicit Diamond Trade Continues Unabated
- U.S. Passes Conflict Diamond Bill
Number 3 - October 2001
- Conflict Diamonds are Forever? Major NGO disappointment with Kimberley Process
- Conflict Diamonds: Crossing European Borders
- Stop Blood Diamonds Now! Civil society support for a meaningful certification process
- Sierra Leone: War Over?
- Certification and Legislation updates
Number 2 - June 2001
- Kimberly process stalled?
- Tentative peace deal in Sierra Leone
- DRC expert panel releases report
- De Beers suspends Angola operations
- Democratic Republic of Congo: 2.5 million 'Excess' deaths in 33 months
- UN Sanctions on Libera
- Conflicting diamond battle in US Congress
- Conflict diamonds: Polls guage public reaction
Number 1 - April 2001
- Research Project Expands
- US Warns Liberia
- Namibian Diamond Mining in Congo
- UN Deadline for Congo Troop Withdrawals
- Security Council Discusses UNITA Sanctions
- Kimberley Process Expands
