Regulation to Build Peace
In the late 1990′s, CFSC began to learn about the role of extractive industries in armed conflict from peacebuilding partners in Sierra Leone and D. R. Congo. The conflict in Sierra Leone was still raging brutally, and the ways that the rebels exploited the country’s diamond mines were coming to light.
Connections between coltan extraction and armed groups in eastern D. R. Congo were also surfacing. Since then, many human rights and social justice organizations have been working hard to convince institutions like the World Bank and financing nation governments to regulate the world metal, mineral and fuel markets, and to regulate the actual extractive activities in order to cut the flow of money, and therefore, weapons and power, to armed groups and in some cases, violent governments. This strategic work has known some successes, but few effective measures have been implemented.
CFSC monitors developments in this field through our partnerships with KAIROS and Peacebuild and by keeping in touch with Mining Watch Canada and the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability. Periodically, CFSC prepares educational materials so that concerned people can get a swift overview and take action when the opportunity arrises.
Here are the two latest summaries:
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