Seven Letters from Congolese Groups in Support of the U.S. Conflict Minerals Law

Feb 24, 2017 | Sasha Lezhnev and Rachel Finn
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In early 2017, in response to a possible suspension of the Conflict Minerals Rule for Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank law, numerous companies, investors, activists, NGOs, and others have come out publicly in support of the Rule. Several of these have come in the form of letters to the Securities and Exchange Commision (SEC) in response to a call for comments on the Conflict Minerals Rule from Acting Chairman of the SEC, Michael Piwowar. In recent weeks, Congolese human rights groups based in eastern Congo issued seven different letters, representing 89 organizations in total. Below are excerpts from the letters, issued by some of those most affected by the conflict in Congo.