Sierra Leone: “Kimberley Process Not Effective for Responsible Diamond Governance” - IMPACT

Dec 18, 2017 | Mohamed Kabba, Awoko
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In 2007, civil society organizations came together to form the Kimberley Process Civil Society Coalition aimed at amplifying their work. The Coalition has been able to successfully raise concerns as a coordinated group including violations and recommendations to improve the diamond supply chain. One of the Kimberley monitoring civil society organizations, the Canadian-based non-profit organization IMPACT (formerly Partnership Africa Canada), has on Friday 15 December 2017, announced their ‘withdrawal’ from the Kimberley Process. Their withdrawal came days after the Kimberley Plenary meeting in Brisbane, Australia from December 9-14 during which members were to discuss and adopt a five-year reform cycle.