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Rapaport International Diamond Conference 2010    |    Rapaport Group Sets Human Rights Standard    |    Rapaport does not currently sell Fair Trade jewelry as there is not yet third party certification for Fair Trade jewelry products. Our current efforts are limited to supporting and developing communities that provide Fair Trade gold, diamonds and gems as well as Fair Made jewelry products. If you would like to help email fairtrade@diamonds.net.
Rapaport Group Sets Human
Rights Standard

Martin Rapaport defined the Rapaport Minimum Standard for human rights on August 25, 2010 at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India as follows:

“All diamonds that are legal and not directly involved in severe human rights violations should be freely, fairly and legally traded.”

Note: the phrase “directly involved in severe human rights violations” is defined as diamonds whose physical production involved murder, rape, physical violence or forced servitude.”

Rapaport discussed Marange diamonds, as well. While Kimberley Process- (KP) certified Marange diamonds are legal in India and many other countries, there was no assurance that they were free of human rights violations. Furthermore, KP-certified Marange diamonds are not legal for purchase by U.S. and European Union (E.U.) entities due to sanctions against their suppliers.

Read more about the Rapaport Minimun Standard
and the Marange diamond fields

Zimbabwe’s Marange Diamonds


Rapaport Fair Trade Conferences

Rapaport sponsors numerous activities and conferences throughout the year that introduce and promote the idea of Fair Trade to members of the jewelry industry in developed countries.

Past conferences:
JCK 2010
Baselworld 2010

Baselworld 2010
Photo courtesy of Baselworld


Rapaport International Diamond Conference 2010

Rapaport International Diamond Conference
October 21, 2010
The Times Center
New York, NY

The afternoon session of the conference is entitled "Human Rights and the Diamond Industry - The Way Forward" and will be devoted to finding reasonable and pragmatic solutions to ethical problems confronting the diamond industry.

Conference Homepage | Register

About Fair Trade

Rapaport Fair Trade Principles:


1. Fair Wages
2. Community Benefit
3. Do No Harm
4. Monitoring and Branding

The Rapaport Group is committed to supporting disadvantaged sectors of the jewelry industry through the establishment of FairTrade and Fair Made diamond, gem and jewelry products and markets.

The Group focuses on the artisanal mining sector by supporting fair trade standards for diggers groups and cooperatives that produce artisanal diamonds, gems and gold in Sierra Leone and other developing countries. Additional activities supporting fair trade standards for disadvantaged workers producing Fair Made jewelry in South Africa and other countries are also taking place.

The Rapaport Group takes a strong proactive role promoting and implementing corporate responsibility programs around the world.

Rapaport’s corporate responsibility activities extend well beyond commercial activities. We believe that the private sector has a critical and irreplaceable role to play, driving sustainable economic development in the poorest countries of the world. We are committed to using our economic power and strategic positioning in the diamond and jewelry industry to help artisanal diggers and other disadvantaged groups obtain economic self sufficiency.

The Rapaport Group regularly donates at least ten percent of profits to charity and initiates programs to alleviate poverty in Africa and elsewhere.

Diggers in Sierra Leone

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