Hints:Sierra Leone
the Kimberly Process
Matthew Wells
Concern about Sierra Leone's so-called "blood diamonds" used by rebels to finance years of civil war led to industry reforms known as the Kimberly Process certifying the origin of diamonds as "conflict free." But the end of fighting in Sierra Leone has not improved the lives of children working in t…
人們擔(dān)心,這些塞拉利昂所謂的“滴血鉆石”會被叛亂分子用來作為多年內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的資本,這使得大家熟知的“金伯利進程”工業(yè)改革證實鉆石來源與戰(zhàn)爭沖突無關(guān)。 但塞拉利昂戰(zhàn)爭的結(jié)束并沒有改善在礦區(qū)工作的兒童的生活。 “即使在‘金伯利進程'時期,鉆石業(yè)仍然以剝削勞力贏利?!?Matthew Wells是哈佛大學(xué)法學(xué)院人權(quán)項目研究的一…