Conflict Resources

The global minerals trade has funded abuses and armed conflict for decades. We were one of the first organisations to reveal how minerals that bankrolled social and environmental harms ended up in our mobile phones, laptops and cars. Companies must act responsibly by checking their supply chains and mitigating harms.

Conflict Resources

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Coming clean: How supply chain controls can stop Congo's minerals trade fuelling conflict

Getting to Gold: How Afghanistan’s first mining contracts can support transparency and accountability in the sector

EU takes step towards conflict-free supply chains

The Dodd Frank Act's Section 1502 on conflict minerals

Congo's mineral trade in the balance: Opportunities and obstacles to demilitarisation

$6bn Congo-China resource deal threatened by lack of information

Global Witness proposes new framework that could close legal loopholes which allow corporate crimes in conflict zones

The Hill Belongs to Them: The need for international action on Congo's conflict minerals trade

Global Witness takes UK government to court for failing to list UK companies trading Congo conflict minerals for UN sanctions

U.S. passes landmark reforms on resource transparency

Do No Harm: A guide for companies sourcing from the DRC

Lessons UNlearned

Natural resource exploitation and human rights in the DRC, 1993-2003

Faced with a gun, what can you do?

Metals in mobile phones help finance Congo atrocities

UN Security Council resolutions in eastern Congo

Heavy Mittal?

Victims of Kilwa massacre denied justice by Congolese military court

Hot chocolate: How cocoa fuelled the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire

Opportunity for the new Congolese government to fundamentally reform the natural resource sector

Digging in corruption

Under-Mining Peace: The explosive trade in cassiterite in eastern DRC

Conflict in Congo will persist unless natural resources are controlled

All the Presidents’ Men

Campaign Success: BP makes move for Transparency in Angola