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REPORT - Land, development and conflict in the Great Lakes region: Towards a renewed EU and Switzerland engagement for equitable land management in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda

In its new report Land, development and conflict in the Great Lakes region: Towards a renewed EU and Switzerland engagement for equitable land management in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, the European Network for Central Africa (EurAc) provides a thorough analysis based on an extensive field research in the three

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PUBLIC CONFERENCE & LAUNCH OF REPORT - 7 DECEMBER 2017 - Land, development & conflict in the Great Lakes region: towards a renewed EU engagement for equitable land management

PUBLIC CONFERENCE

 

Land, development and conflict in the Great Lakes region: Towards a renewed EU engagement for equitable land management

 

7 DECEMBER 2017

9.30 am-12.30 pm

 

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REPORT - Accompanying Measures to the EU Regulation on Responsible Mineral Sourcing. Towards an improved governance of the artisanal mining sector in the DRC - March 2017

One week ago, on 16 March 2017, the European Parliament approved the European Regulation for the responsible sourcing of minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.

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New legislation on conflict minerals, a missed opportunity for the European Union?

 

Today, the European Parliament will vote on the law on the responsible sourcing of minerals, a regulation aimed at ensuring that revenues from minerals imported into the European Union do not finance infringements of human rights and armed conflicts around the world. Civil society organizations have already highlighted that the long-debated final text is less ambitious than the one initially proposed by the Parliament.

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15 March 2017 - EU/Head of EU Delegation's interview + MEP Kyenge's statement; CENTRAL AFRICA/DRC-Angola relations; DRC/CENCO mediation to resume tomorrow/CENI/MONUSCO mandate/UN experts abducted; BURUNDI/Mutilated corpses; RWANDA/Kagame's interview

Submitted by Julie Capoulade on Thu, 16/03/2017 - 11:29
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10 March 2017 - EU at the UN/UNSC session on Burundi; DRC/Tshisekedi's burial/opposition in disarray/Lucha actions on electoral process/Mass graves in Kasai/M23; BURUNDI/UNSC: Authorities shut doors to UN engagement + activist barred from meeting +Benomar

Submitted by Julie Capoulade on Mon, 13/03/2017 - 10:25
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8 March 2017 - EU/Council Conclusions: Government reaction; DRC/3 mass graves discovered in Kasai/Nshole-CENCO/Katumbi/Lucha/Civil society to the US/UN inquiry +OHCHR chief statement; BURUNDI/UN report on risk of genocide/NGOs' letter to UNSC/APRODH/FORSC

Submitted by Julie Capoulade on Thu, 09/03/2017 - 14:56
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