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 | 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. | Dec. 5, 2012 Corruption & Money Laundering Oil, Gas & Mining D.R. Congo Corruption risks mean the IMF was right to halt Congo loan programme For Immediate Release Bloomberg and Reuters news agencies have reported that the International Monetary Fund has halted its loan programme with the Democratic Republic of Congo because of concerns over transparency in the country's mining sector. While Congo is clearly in desperate need of funds, Global Witness believes that concerns over possible corruption in the country's mining sector were so serious that the IMF was justified in stopping its lending. | 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. | Nov. 12, 2012 Forests D.R. Congo DRC Environment Minister's response to report on abuse of artisanal logging permits 简体中文 Read the report | Nov. 6, 2012 Governments D.R. Congo No justice in Canada for Congolese massacre victims as Canada’s Supreme Court dismisses leave to appeal in case against Anvil Mining Ottawa: In a decision that represents the end of any judicial relief in Canada for victims of the Kilwa massacre, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the application for leave to appeal brought in the case against Anvil Mining by The Canadian Association against Impunity (CAAI), an organization representing survivors and families of victims of the 2004 Kilwa massacre. | Oct. 24, 2012 Forests D.R. Congo L’utilisation abusive généralisée des permis de coupe expose les forêts du Congo à un risque croissant de destruction Click here to read in English. 简体中文 | Oct. 24, 2012 Forests D.R. Congo Widespread abuse of logging permits opens up Congo’s forests to more destruction La version française 简体中文 Industrial logging companies and officials are systematically abusing community logging permits in order to bypass the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) freeze on new logging concessions, says a new report by Global Witness. | Oct. 23, 2012 Responsible Minerals D.R. Congo Gutless companies launch lawsuit to avoid coming clean on conflict minerals Global Witness today condemned the attempt by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) to use a lawsuit to overturn a law that compels companies to disclose whether they use conflict minerals. Show Previous 10 Show Next 10