Filters By campaign All Anonymous companies Banks Climate breakdown Corporate accountability Corruption & money laundering Diamonds Digital threats Forests Forest transparency & IFM Forêts Fossil fuels Governments Greenwashing Land and environmental defenders Land Deals Oil, Gas & Mining Personas defensoras Pétrole, gaz et minerais Responsible Minerals Rubber in the Mekong Stop Russian oil Timber Trade Transition minerals By country All Afghanistan Angola Azerbaijan Brazil Cambodia Central African Republic China Congo-Brazzaville D.R. Congo Equatorial Guinea European Union Guinea Guyana Honduras Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Laos Liberia Libya Madagascar Malaysia Myanmar Nicaragua Nigeria Papua New Guinea Peru Russia South Sudan Sudan The Philippines Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Zimbabwe Press release | Oct. 23, 2014 Responsible Minerals China New Chinese Guidelines offer mineral companies chance to reduce conflict, corruption risks and show value to host communities Global Witness report says supply chain checks essential to stop conflict funding | Sept. 24, 2014 Diamonds Responsible Minerals Uganda D.R. Congo Myanmar D.R. Congo Cote d'Ivoire European companies able to reap rewards from deadly conflict mineral trade [French version available here] The European Union is failing to stifle a deadly trade in conflict minerals, a coalition of rights groups including Global Witness and Amnesty International warned today, weeks before new legislation will be discussed in Parliament. | Aug. 29, 2014 Oil, Gas & Mining Responsible Minerals Afghanistan NATO Urged to Recognise Natural Resource Governance as Crucial to Afghanistan’s Future Stability and Security NATO’s hopes for stability in Afghanistan – and a lasting legacy from its 11 year combat mission there – will be deeply undermined without action to address the growing threat of conflict and corruption from natural resources, a broad coalition of thirty-six Afghan and international civil society organisations has told the organisation as it prepares for its upcoming conference. | July 1, 2014 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan 全球见证组织告诫:南苏丹必须立即停止签发新石油合约 English version 计划于本周在亚的斯亚贝巴重开的和平谈判再一次延期。与此同时,全球见证组织(Global Witness)在今天发表的一份简讯中告诫,南苏丹政府必须立刻下令,暂停签发任何新的石油合约。 世界各国领导人正竭尽全力,以试图找到方法以平息南苏丹这个世界上最年轻的国家中所发生的暴力事件。与此同时,全球见证组织也向这些领导人发出呼吁,希望他们能够共同要求南苏丹领导层停止批准任何新的石油交易,暂停正在进行的所有相关磋商。 “过去五个月,南苏丹的普通民众亲眼目睹了自己的国家在战争中四分五裂,”全球见证南苏丹项目官员艾玛·维克斯说道,“如果基尔总统领导下的政府想要确保人民的未来不会也被出卖,就必须发布这份中止令。” 南苏丹是世界上石油依存度最高的国家。2011年该国独立时, 98%的政府收益来自石油销售。政府将这些收入用于发展经济和基础设施。 | July 1, 2014 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo 全球见证组织告诫,多数企业的首份冲突矿产报告未达标 English version 为防止矿产贸易助长刚果民主共和国[刚果(金)]东部的暴力活动,美国颁布了一项具有里程碑意义的法律。然而,全球见证组织告诫,企业根据该法律提交的首份报告未能达标。 对于那些所用矿产来自刚果(金)及其周边国家的美国上市企业而言,今天是他们向美国证券交易委员会提交冲突矿产报告的首个截止日期。根据《多德-弗兰克法案》第1502款的规定,产品中含有锡、钽、钨、黄金四种矿产的企业应于今日就尽职调查情况作出汇报。《多德-弗兰克法案》第1502款又被人们称为“冲突矿产条款”。其目的是切断刚果(金)丰富的矿产资源财富与暴力武装团体之间的联系,防止其从中渔利。 | June 4, 2014 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan South Sudan must urgently halt the issuing of new oil contracts, warns Global Witness 简体中文 Read the briefing, South Sudan: the call for a moratorium on new oil contracts, click here. | June 2, 2014 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Global Witness warns that majority of inaugural conflict mineral reports are inadequate 简体中文 The first set of company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fall short of the mark, warns Global Witness. | May 29, 2014 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo As June 2nd conflict minerals deadline approaches, Global Witness warns that first reports lack substance Initial company reports submitted under a landmark U.S. law that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are disappointing, warns Global Witness. | May 16, 2014 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Despite repeated industry efforts, Court upholds important conflict minerals law U.S. Court of Appeals denies industry’s request to delay Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank in third consecutive ruling upholding the law | April 22, 2014 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Révélation : Pourquoi le premier audit de Dubaï sur l’or des conflits n’a jamais été publié Selon un ancien partenaire d’Ernst & Young, le cabinet international d’experts-comptables a décidé de fermer les yeux lorsqu’un rapport d’audit mettant en évidence d’importantes carences à la plus grande affinerie d’or de Dubaï n’a pas été publié. Un rapport de Global Witness publié aujourd’hui, City of Gold, en examine les implications. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10