Links

Websites

• The Kimberley Process Website

Observers of the KP:

• The World Diamond Council
• Partnership-Africa Canada (PAC)
• Global Witness
• Fatal Transactions
• Diamond Industry
• Diamond Development Initiative

Publications

• Zimbabwe, Diamonds and the Wrong Side of History. Partnership Africa Canada 2009
  This report describes a contemporary case of the failure and impunity of the KPCS. It portrays the role of diamonds the increasingly repressive governance setting of Zimbabwe. Furthermore, it deals with evidence of smuggling, militarisation of diamond resources and killings of dozens of unarmed diamond diggers by Zimbabwean forces.

• Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Kimberley Process 2003
  This is the core document laying out the KPCS.

• The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme for Rough Diamonds. Smillie 2005
  In this article Ian Smillie, one of the founders of the KPCS and head of research at PAC, explains the KPCS and formulates various important strengths and weaknesses of the certification scheme.
  
• From Conflict Resources to Sustainable Development. IPIS 2008
  This report looks at the European Commission’s contribution to a sustainable exploitation of natural resources in Sub-Saharan Africa. It also assesses its approach on conflict resources. By doing so it analyses the Commission’s trade policy, development cooperation, foreign and security policy, cooperation under bilateral and multilateral agreements, humanitarian aid and financial assistance. It also studies how the Commission’s view on integrating and implementing external actions in its internal policies (e.g. energy and environment) in order to promote a sustainable management of natural resources abroad.

• The Kimberley Process and the UN: Lessons Learned and Recommendations. Fatal Transactions 2008
  In this document Fatal Transactions provides a background of how the UN (Security Council and General Assambly) has contributed to the development of the KPCS and how it thereby has strengthened peace building in Africa. Furthermore it provides recommendations to the UN and KPCS how to increase peace in Africa and improve the KPCS to make it more effective.

• Loup Holes. Illicit Diamonds in the Kimberley Process. Partnership Africa Canada & Global Witness 2008
  Through cases of various African countries this brief report demonstrates that in spite of KP legislation and controls there still is an extensive illicit trade in rough diamonds taking place parallel with the KPCS. In most cases, government monitoring and oversight of the diamond trade is not effective enough to stop these illicit flows, and enforcement mechanisms designed to halt and prevent the trade in illicit and conflict diamonds are either failing or nonexistent. It ends with 4 clear recommendations to the KPCS to improve itself.
• Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. Compliance and Limitations in Southern Africa. SARW 2008
  This document provides an African perspective on the limitations of the KPCS in Southern Africa. It focuses on the African countries that are member to the KPCS. The four limitations the authors distinguish point to the implementation of the KPCS, its mandate, the structure of diamond production, and weak monitoring capabilities.
• An Independent Commissioned Review Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Kimberley Process. Global Witness 2006
  Three years after the establishment of the KP, Global witness evaluates the KPCS in this report. The report contains a good critique which is mostly still valid today. In addition, the report contains a number of good recommendations to the KPCS on how to improve implementation and monitoring amongst other things.
• The Effect of the Kimberley Process on Governance, Corruption and Internal Conflict. FfP 2006
  This paper examines the successes and failures of the Kimberley Process and provides recommendations for improving it, placing particular emphasis on the role of governance. In addition to examining the ways that corruption and lack of state capacity hinder successful implementation, it also discusses whether the Kimberley Process could help to improve governance in diamond-producing countries. Recommendations include linking foreign aid to compliance and increasing external oversight of internal controls.
• Making it Work. Why the Kimberley Process Must Do More to Stop Conflict Diamonds. Global Witness 2005
  This report provides a good background to the how blood diamonds fuel conflict and how the KPCS should work to prevent this. Through several cases the report shows where the KPCS is failing to prevent diamonds from contributing to conflict.