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 | July 24, 2013 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Global Witness applauds D.C. Court’s decision to uphold conflict minerals provision Judge rules that industry arguments are ‘overinflated’ and ‘lack merit’ Global Witness applauded the decision yesterday by the Washington, D.C. District Court to uphold the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) final rule for Dodd Frank Section 1502, a provision that aims to stop the minerals trade fuelling violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | June 12, 2013 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan Sudan and South Sudan must act now to avoid further conflict over oil Global Witness is calling on Sudan and South Sudan to re-examine and re-invigorate their commitments under the September 27, 2012 Cooperation Agreement, and work with international partners to ensure that oil does not lead to conflict. The call comes in response to the order by the Government of Sudan on June 11 to shut down South Sudanese oil transiting through Sudanese export facilities. | May 7, 2013 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo New investigation from Global Witness reveals high-level military involvement in eastern Congo's gold trade 简体中文 At a critical time for the region's minerals trade companies must undertake supply chain checks and put responsible sourcing into practise | April 10, 2013 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan 南苏丹石油生产重启,各方期待提高透明度 Click here to read in English. 即时发布时间 本周,随着南苏丹石油生产的重启,全球见证呼吁该国政府认真执行去年通过的石油法中,提及的增强透明度的措施,并对近期秘密签署开采合同一事进行澄清。 “南苏丹的石油法律明确要求公开石油部门的数据和合约,若这些规定能贯彻执行,才能确保公民对自然资源的管理工作进行监测与核查。本周石油生产的重启将是对政府透明度的检验。”全球见证的活动家达娜·威尔金斯表示。 2011年南苏丹从苏丹独立出来后,就成了世界上石油依赖度最高的经济体。苏丹的管道和港口是南苏丹石油出口的唯一通道,2011年底苏丹开始没收其港口的南苏丹原油,目前,两国已经就新的输送条款谈判了一年半。2012年1月,南苏丹被迫停止了全部的石油生产和出口,这对于97%以上国家预算都来自石油收入的南苏丹无疑是巨大的灾难。 | April 8, 2013 Responsible Minerals Oil, Gas & Mining South Sudan South Sudan’s oil production restarts amid concerns about transparency 简体中文 As oil production resumes in South Sudan this week, Global Witness is calling on the government to implement the transparency measures passed as part of oil legislation last year and to clarify recent reports of secretive contract allocations. | March 19, 2013 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Congo warlord surrender offers opportunity for justice Global Witness welcomes the move by Rwandan-born warlord Bosco Ntaganda to turn himself in at the U.S. Embassy in Kigali yesterday. The group warns, however, that lasting peace in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will only be possible once the M23 rebels, previously led by Ntaganda and still active in the Kivu provinces, are dismantled and their remaining leaders held to account. | Dec. 10, 2012 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Companies must come clean on conflict minerals lawsuit On 22 August 2012 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the final rule for Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. | Nov. 29, 2012 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Companies protect profits over people as fighting escalates in eastern DRC For immediate release Legal action by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce threatens to protect business practices that are fuelling bloodshed in Africa. Global Witness today condemned recent legal action by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (the Chamber), National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and the Business Roundtable to derail a law which seeks to curb violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | Nov. 20, 2012 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Civilians caught in crossfire as M23 rebels take Goma Global Witness today expressed grave concern at the worsening humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo caused by fighting between M23 rebels and the Congolese army (FARDC). “The M23 and FARDC should cease hostilities immediately. Warring parties and UN peacekeepers must make protecting civilians and averting humanitarian disaster a priority,” said Annie Dunnebacke, Campaign Leader at Global Witness. | Nov. 14, 2012 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Companies must take clear position on legal threat to Conflict Minerals Provision On 22 August 2012 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the final rule for Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10