The plenary meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is under way in Gaborone, Botswana, until Friday and it's expected to decide if Russian diamonds should be declared ...

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme was created to regulate global trade in rough diamonds, in a bid to end the use of diamond sales to fund violence, conflict and human rights abuses in ...

The strengthening of the Kimberley Process certification scheme (KPCS) stood atop the agenda of the delegation of the World Diamond Council (WDC), which joined representatives from 50 governments ...

MOSCOW, November 7. /TASS/. G7 restrictions on diamonds have the goal of weakening and completely substituting then the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, Russian Deputy Finance Minister ...

Established in 2003, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme emerged from United Nations negotiations to improve transparency in the diamond supply chain.

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, founded in 2000, is an international organization dedicated to reducing the prevalence of conflict diamonds on the international market.

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme imposes requirements on its members, including national legislation and institutions; export, import and internal controls; transparency and exchanging data.

International advocacy group Global Witness, a major coalition partner in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme, said Monday it has quit the diamond watchdog, pointing to the recent Kimberley ...

The Kimberly Process Certification Scheme’s four-day plenary meeting came to a close in Johannesburg on Friday with no discussion on Zimbabwe. The Civil Society Coalition had hoped reports on lack of ...