Diamonds & Human Rights
While diamonds are one of the most beautiful gemstones, some diamonds are associated
with human rights abuses. Rapaport takes an active role promoting human rights throughout
the diamond industry and was one of the early proponents of the Kimberley Process
(KP). Although the KP has successfully reduced the amount of blood diamonds - or
diamonds associated with armed conflicts - it has failed to develop a definition
of conflict diamonds that includes diamonds associated with human rights abuses.
Diamonds mined in Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields since 2006 have been associated
with severe human rights abuses
- including murder, rape, and torture – yet they are now exported from Zimbabwe
with the approval of the KP. Rapaport has banned these diamonds from RapNet, the
Rapaport Trading Network, and continues to promote new initiatives to combat human
rights abuses in the Diamond Industry.
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