In 2017 it will be Australia's turn to chair the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP), an international organisation set up to regulate the trade in diamonds. Diamonds are a symbol of love, purchased to celebrate marriage, and it is therefore deeply ironic that the diamond trade has become linked with warfare and human rights violations committed in African producer countries such as Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and, more recently, Zimbabwe and Angola. In their quest for diamonds, or by using diamonds to purchase weapons, armed groups in these countries have engaged in recruiting child soldiers, amputating limbs, and committing rape and murder. In response to the problem, the international community, non-governmental organisations and key industry players such as De Beers combined forces to create the Kimberley Process in 2002. The KP uses an export certificate system to distinguish the legitimate rough diamond trade from so-called 'blood diamonds’, which are also known as ‘conflict diamonds’. This book considers the extent to which the KP, supported by other agencies at the international and national levels, has been effective in achieving its mandate. In so doing, it presents an original model derived from the domain of regulatory theory, the Dual Networked Pyramid, as a means of describing the operation of the system and suggesting possible improvements that might be made to it.
By:
Nigel Davidson
Imprint: ANU Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781760460259
ISBN 10: 1760460257
Pages: 330
Publication Date: 07 October 2016
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction: Showdown at Kinshasa Are Conflict Diamonds Forever?: Background to the Problem The Kimberley Process: Did the Lion Roar? Kimberley at the National Level: Fancy Footwork? Growing Teeth: The UN Security Council and International Tribunals Raging Bulls and Flyswatters: The Networked Pyramid Model The Dual Networked Pyramid Model: The Pyramid Inside the Pyramid Applying the Dual Networked Pyramid Model: Naming, Shaming, and Faming Did You Hear Something?: Concluding Remarks
