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Congo's mineral trade in the balance: Opportunities and obstacles to demilitarisation Shifts in the control of eastern DRC mines have created opportunities to begin breaking the links between the mineral trade and conflict18 May 2011
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Global Witness takes UK government to court for failing to list UK companies trading Congo conflict minerals for UN sanctions The British government is acting unlawfully in refusing to put forward eligible UK companies and individuals trading in Congolese ‘conflict minerals' for targeted UN sanctions26 July 2010
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U.S. passes landmark reforms on resource transparency Ground-breaking new bill, passed by the U.S. Senate today, represents decisive progress in the fight against conflict and corruption15 July 2010
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Do No Harm: A guide for companies sourcing from the DRC Congo's ‘conflict minerals' are laundered into the global supply chain by export houses, before being transformed into refined metals by large international smelting firms08 July 2010
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Lessons UNlearned How the UN and Member States must do more to end natural resource-fuelled conflicts27 January 2010
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Natural resource exploitation and human rights in the DRC, 1993-2003 An analysis of natural resources exploitation and human rights in the DRC from 1993 to 200317 December 2009
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"Faced with a gun, what can you do?": War and the militarisation of mining in eastern Congo How companies are buying minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo that are funding armed groups and fuelling conflict31 July 2009
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Metals in mobile phones help finance Congo atrocities Call for mobile phone manufacturers to audit their supply chains in order to exclude minerals financing the armed conflict in eastern DRC16 February 2009
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U.S. policy recommendations for combating corruption and promoting sound governance of natural resources Actions for the first 100 days of the new administration06 February 2009
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UN Security Council resolutions in eastern Congo Global Witness welcomes the UN Security Council’s recent passage of two resolutions that include measures to halt the illicit natural resource trade which is fuelling armed conflict in eastern DRC07 January 2009
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Victims of Kilwa massacre denied justice by Congolese military court A trial about a military operation in the town of Kilwa, which resulted in the deaths of at least 73 civilians17 July 2007
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Opportunity for the new Congolese government to fundamentally reform the natural resource sector Recommendations for reform in the natural resources sector of the Democratic Republic of Congo22 March 2007
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The truth about diamonds Our factsheet explains what conflict diamonds are and how their supply chains can be linked to human rights abuses15 November 2006
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Digging in corruption The copper and cobalt mining industry in Katanga, in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), continues to be plagued by fraud, abuse and political interference05 July 2006