Conflict Free Diamonds Uk. Gd hereby guarantees that its diamonds are conflict free, based on personal knowledge and / or written guarantees provided by gd’s suppliers of these diamonds. Governments have failed to hold members of the industry accountable and have not implemented effective oversight of the industry to ensure compliance.
The miners were of legal age and not engaged in forced labor (slavery), there is no connection to terrorist groups, and no one was injured or killed to obtain the diamonds. Rough or uncut diamonds that are being used by rebel movements or even their associates to finance violence for the purpose of undermining governments are termed as conflict diamonds. We feel truly horrified at the violence and suffering conflict diamonds cause innocent victims in war and terror zones.
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The lack of willingness by governments Governments have failed to hold members of the industry accountable and have not implemented effective oversight of the industry to ensure compliance. We are proud to be part of a global effort to eradicate illegal diamonds. Conflict diamonds have funded civil wars in numerous countries throughout africa, including sierra leone, zimbabwe and the democratic republic of congo.
