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Complications in the classification of conflict areas and conflicts actors for the identification of ‘conflict gold’ from Sudan, by DR ENRICO ILLE

CEDEJ Khartoum is pleased to announce Dr Enrico Ille’s recent publication :

Complications in the classification of conflict areas and conflicts actors for the identification of ‘conflict gold’ from Sudan

 

This article discusses a recent call to include gold from Sudan in the ‘conflict gold’ category of global supply chains. The call reacts to Sudan’s protracted violent conflicts, as well as a recent surge in gold mining that became of essential importance for governmental policies after most of the country’s oil reserves were lost with South Sudan’s independence in 2011. The extension of gold mining in areas with violent conflicts, so the call’s demand, requires due diligence concerning gold from Sudan and an extension of sanctions to conflict actors benefiting from it. On this basis, the article reviews critically the contradictions that arise from the convention to both define territorial conflict areas and collective conflict actors, and connect due diligence to case-by-case assessment, representing an attempt to concomitantly advocate human rights and preserve investment opportunities. Further complications arise from contradictions between state sovereignty and international humanitarian law, as well as the complexities of violent conflicts whose causes cannot be readily identified and targeted. The author argues that this results in numerous ambiguities of situation assessments and planned interventions, which have to be acknowledged if unintended negative consequences are sought to be reduced.

Published in:

The Extractive Industries and Society, Volume 3, Issue 1, January 2016, Pages 193–203

On the topic of gold mining, see also Jérôme Tubiana’s recent article in Foreign Affairs : https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/chad/2016-02-24/after-libya-rush-gold-and-guns  ◼


OpenEdition vous propose de citer ce billet de la manière suivante :
cedejsudan (6 mars 2016). Complications in the classification of conflict areas and conflicts actors for the identification of ‘conflict gold’ from Sudan, by DR ENRICO ILLE. Researching Sudan - A perspective on contemporary Sudans. Consulté le 24 mars 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mhen


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