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A More Brutal Africa 3rd Wave

Charles Chilufya SJ — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:46:12 +0000

A third wave of COVID-19 infections more brutal than the first two that came before is seriously ravaging some sub-Saharan Africa countries, most of them in southern Africa as the continent falls way behind the rest of the world in vaccinations. The current rate of infections being experienced in sub-Saharan Africa is the fastest […]

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We have a vision for Africa

JESC — Tue, 14 May 2019 18:12:51 +0000

During a special visit to Europe, Charles Chilufya SJ, Social Apostolate Coordinator and Director of JENA (Justice and Ecology network in Africa), joined us at the JESC office in Brussels. We had a fruitful exchange of views and it was really interesting to see Europe from an African perspective. “From Europe, we don’t want charity […]

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Mixed results for legislation on “conflict minerals”

JESC — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 16:55:59 +0000

After three years of negotiations, the European Union has finally got round to legislating on conflict minerals. Definitely a step forward, but not going far enough, writes JESC Advocacy Adviser Emmanuelle Devuyst On 22 November 2016, the Trilogue negotiations between the European Commission, Parliament and Council of the EU Member States agreed upon a Regulation, albeit […]

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Poor agreement on the European Regulation of Responsible Sourcing

JESC — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 10:28:25 +0000

The European Institutions – Commission, Council and Parliament – have reached an agreement on the so-called “Conflict Minerals” Regulation last Wednesday. Civil society organisations, both in Europe and in the South, have been asking for years for a strong regulation to break the link between the exploitation of minerals and Human Rights gross violations like […]

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Migration trends across the western route of the Mediterranean

JESC — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:25:38 +0000

The Moroccan border with the Spanish cities of Ceuta and Melilla Syrian people fleeing from the conflict usually arrive to Morocco from Algeria, where they did not need a visa until beginning of 2015 (Palestine Syrians need a visa since 2014). They are mostly families with children. Now that Algeria asks them for a visa, […]

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Frontiers of fear

JESC — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 07:48:20 +0000

Since January 2015, it is estimated that 2000 people have died by drowning in the Mediterranean Sea whilst trying to reach Europe. Dozens more suffer major injuries in their attempts to cross the border between the Moroccan town of Nador and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Many of the victims include unaccompanied minors. It was […]

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Catholic leaders call for due diligence in supply chains

JESC — Thu, 13 Nov 2014 11:06:14 +0000

More than 70 Catholics bishops have signed the statement we reproduce here calling the EU to reinforce the supply chain due diligence in order to stop the complicity of transnational companies in funding conflicts. We need supply chain due diligence to stop complicity in funding conflicts Companies are selling products containing natural resources that fuel […]

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Ensuring robust EU legislation on responsible mineral sourcing

JESC — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 21:43:07 +0000

Recommendations to strengthen the European Commission’s proposal for a ‘regulation setting up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating in conflict affected and high-risk areas’ The new European Parliament has a critical opportunity to strengthen legislation proposed by the European […]

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King Leopold’s mines

JESC — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 17:57:41 +0000

In many ways the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is an extraordinary country. It is larger than all the countries of Western Europe put together, and has a population of almost 69 million. As a colony of Belgium it was considered to be the granary of Africa, because of its rich soil and its climate […]

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EU parliamentary mission to the Great Lakes

JESC — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:38:27 +0000

Towards an EU initiative on responsible sourcing of minerals originating from conflict and high-risk areas The European Commission will soon propose a legislative initiative on responsible sourcing of minerals originating from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. As a first step, a public consultation was launched in late March 2013. The trade Commissioner, Karel De Gucht, aims […]

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