Madini Project: Advocating for an improved enabling environment for the production, trade and export of OECD Due Diligence Guidance (DDG)-conformant minerals from eastern DRC
As part of the Madini project, a review of the current situation, trends and barriers in the production, trade and export of tin, tantalum, tungsten (3T) and gold from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was conducted by Levin Sources, with the aim to recommend concrete actions that can improve OECD-conformant sourcing of these minerals from eastern DRC.
The link between the exploitation of natural resources and protracted conflict in (eastern) DRC has long been of international concern. To avoid that resource exploitation would finance conflict, promote illicit trade and be linked to severe human rights abuses, increasingly more guidelines – such as the OECD Due Diligence Guidance – legislation – such as the US Dodd-Frank Act (2010) or the 2021 EU Minerals Regulation 2017/821 -, regional regulation schemes – such as the ICGLR’s Regional Certification Mechanism – and responsible supply chain mechanisms – such as the ITSCI traceability scheme for 3T minerals – have been put in place over the past decade. However, trends point towards a growing consensus that these compliance-only approaches have resulted in high-levels of disengagement with or boycotting of conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs) such as eastern DRC, resulting in loss of livelihoods for mining communities and pushing small-scale actors into the informal sector.
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- Author(s)
- Adam Rolfe, Olivia Lyster
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Associated Partners
- EurAc, International Alert, IPIS, Justice Plus, OGP DRC
- Language
- English
- Publishing Institution Webpage
- https://ipisresearch.be
- Data Source Classification
- Program Report
- Research Type
- Secondary
- Research Methodology
- Primary - INTERVIEW, Secondary - PREVIOUS RESEARCH, Secondary - OFFICIAL STATISTICS
- Thematic Tags
- Political, Due Diligence, Traceability, and Transparency, Social, Human Rights, Livelihoods
- Minerals
- 3Ts, Gold
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Last Updated
- September 8, 2022