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May 10, 2018 Dispatches

Buying Jewelry for Mother’s Day?

Questions You Should Ask Your Jeweler

"Peter," 15, working alongside a teenage girl at an artisanal and small-scale mine in Odahu, Amansie West district, Ghana.
April 17, 2018 Dispatches

A Chance to Curb Abuse in Mineral Supply Chains

Monitoring of Companies’ Sourcing Practices Should Be Prioritized

A girl works in an artisanal diamond mine in Sosso Nakombo, Central African Republic, near the border with Cameroon, in August 2015.
March 21, 2018 Commentary

The Path to Responsible Sourcing in the Jewellery Sector

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October 29, 2017 News Release

Equatorial Guinea: President’s Son Convicted of Laundering Millions

French Court Orders 3-Year Suspended Sentence, Seizes Assets

Teodorin Nguema, Equatorial Guinea's vice president and son of President Teodoro Obiang
October 20, 2017 Dispatches

Azerbaijan Gets US$500 Million Loan for Gas Transportation

Missed Opportunity to Affect Much Needed Reforms

June 15, 2017 Interview

How Equatorial Guinea Turned Corruption into an Art Form

Tras haber gastado millones de dólares en edificios gubernamentales en Malabo, la capital, Guinea Ecuatorial ahora está invirtiendo miles de millones de dólares en la construcción de una nueva capital administrativa, Oyala.
June 15, 2017 News Release

Equatorial Guinea: Oil Wealth Squandered and Stolen

As Reserves Dwindle, Little Time to Reverse Neglect of Health, Education

After spending several million dollars on government buildings in Malabo, the capital, and Bata, the nation’s economic center, Equatorial Guinea is pouring billions of dollars into building a new administrative capital, Oyala, in the middle of the jungle.
June 1, 2017 Statement

Submission by Human Rights Watch to the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights on the Overseas Operations of Canadian Extractive Companies

May 10, 2017 Letter

Support letter: Canadian extractive sector human rights ombudsperson

April 21, 2017 Commentary

Africa's Natural Resources: From Curse to a Blessing

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April 5, 2017 Statement

Human Rights Watch Testimony at Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on African Affairs and Global Health Policy on Dodd-Frank Section 1502

A Progress Report on Conflict Minerals

March 10, 2017 Dispatches

Azerbaijan Suspended Over Rights Crackdown

Baku Responds by Quitting the Transparency Group

March 9, 2017 Commentary

Standing Rock’s Next Stand

Fight to Protect Indigenous People’s Rights in The US Continues

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March 2, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to the EITI Board Members

March 2, 2017 News Release

Azerbaijan: No Progress On Key Reforms

Transparency Group Should Suspend Country’s Membership

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