Zimbabwe to export diamonds again
Jul 22nd, 2010 by Katie
In June we were waiting to hear whether the Kimberley Process (KP) would continue to certify Zimbabwe diamonds in the light of the human rights abuses taking place in the Marange diamond fields.
Well, for now the answer is yes. Mugabe had been threatening to sell the diamonds with or without certification but reached an agreement with the KP that two batches of the Marange diamonds could be sold between now and September with the KP’s approval.
In September, there will be another review of the situation in Marange.
However, Ethical Weddings supplier, Cred – the Fair Trade Jeweller, believes that this is a:
…missed opportunity for KP to become an ethical mark, where they could have expanded their definition of conflict to include human rights abuses.
Get Cred’s view on the Zimbabwe diamonds debate on their Fair Trade Jeweller blog.
Katie
