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(huì)被叛亂分子用來(lái)作為多年內(nèi)戰(zhàn)的資本,這使得大家熟知的“金伯利進(jìn)程”工業(yè)改革證實(shí)鉆石來(lái)源與戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)沖突無(wú)關(guān)。 但塞拉利昂戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)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(jìn)程'時(shí)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(xiàng)目研究的一…