{"id":6329,"date":"2025-11-13T10:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kpcivilsociety.org\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T16:01:27","slug":"the-kimberley-process-a-critical-assessment-by-the-kp-civil-society-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kpcivilsociety.org\/fr\/activity\/the-kimberley-process-a-critical-assessment-by-the-kp-civil-society-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kimberley Process: A critical assessment by the KP Civil Society Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the Kimberley Process (KP) nears the end of another reform cycle, participating states are still struggling to agree on a new definition of \u201cconflict diamonds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s context \u2013 marked by an unprecedented crisis in the natural diamond sector and persistent governance challenges \u2013 the KP must confront its responsibilities and honestly assess the problems created by its current, outdated definition of conflict diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one of the three pillars of the KP, the Civil Society Coalition calls on participating states to reject cosmetic changes and adopt a definition of \u201cconflict diamonds\u201d that covers diamonds linked to widespread or systematic violence and serious human rights violations \u2013 whether committed by rebel groups, criminals, terrorists, private or public security forces, or state authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=71M1mHL_PWA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this video<\/a>, members of the KP Civil Society Coalition share their perspectives and experiences, each highlighting aspects of diamond mining in their countries that the KP currently fails to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Kimberley Process: A critical assessment by the KP Civil Society Coalition\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71M1mHL_PWA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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