KP Chair, President of WDC Working Group Chairs Ladies and gentlemen, Dear Participants and Observers, The best thing about this Plenary has been the warm welcome by our host India, for which we extend our gratitude. We further wish to thank the chairs of the Working Groups, the Ad hoc Committee on Review and Reform, […]
By Mukasiri Sibanda (Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association) Soft landing into the budget analysis A few days after the release of the 2020 National Budget Statement, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) received an invitation from the Clerk of Parliament, to share its insights from a mineral resource governance perspective. The mining sector’s economic footprint has […]
Climate Change is happening now and its effects on our lifestyle is becoming undeniable even to the meanest skeptics. We as children and youth view the phenomenon as social injustice considering that we are victims of what the older generation did to the climate. Whilst echoing our pledges and commitments towards this year’s 2019 Universal […]
Compiled by Eunica Pabwaungana Shurugwi Community Development Trust ( SCDT ) Stakeholders from four districts in Zimbabwe gathered for an inspiring workshop on data journalism academy at Forest hills in Vumba, Mutare. The workshop was hosted by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) from the 6th-8th of November 2019. Participants were drawn from Health Centre […]
Opening Remarks by KP Civil Society Coalition Kimberley Process, Plenary November 18, 2019 New Delhi, India Kimberley Process Chair, President of the World Diamond Council, Distinguished guests, Kimberley Process colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction On behalf of the KP Civil Society Coalition, let me start by congratulating India for chairing and hosting this 2019 Plenary […]
Climate Change is happening now and its effects on our lifestyle is becoming undeniable even to the meanest skeptics. We as children and youth view the phenomenon as social injustice considering that we are victims of what the older generation did to the climate. Whilst echoing our pledges and commitments towards this year’s 2019 Universal […]
By Mukasiri Sibanda (Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association) Soft landing into the budget analysis A few days after the release of the 2020 National Budget Statement, the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) received an invitation from the Clerk of Parliament, to share its insights from a mineral resource governance perspective. The mining sector’s economic footprint has […]
Opening Remarks by KP Civil Society Coalition Kimberley Process, Plenary November 18, 2019 New Delhi, India Kimberley Process Chair, President of the World Diamond Council, Distinguished guests, Kimberley Process colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction On behalf of the KP Civil Society Coalition, let me start by congratulating India for chairing and hosting this 2019 Plenary […]
Compiled by Eunica Pabwaungana Shurugwi Community Development Trust ( SCDT ) Stakeholders from four districts in Zimbabwe gathered for an inspiring workshop on data journalism academy at Forest hills in Vumba, Mutare. The workshop was hosted by the Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (ZELA) from the 6th-8th of November 2019. Participants were drawn from Health Centre […]
For over a decade, civil society and increasingly industry observers to the Kimberley Process have been decrying how the scheme is failing to stop diamonds affected by various forms of conflict from flowing onto international markets. Now, at the end of a three-year reform cycle, it is up to the 82 participating states meeting in […]