Conflict Diamonds

What is a conflict diamond?

They are diamonds sold in order to fund armed conflict and civil war. Warlords and rebel groups in countries including Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia and Sierra Leone have used billions of dollars of profits from the sale of diamonds to buy arms and fund devastating wars.

The Kimberley Process is a government run international certification scheme that regulates the trade in rough diamonds. Its aim is to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds, while helping to protect the legitimate trade in rough diamonds.

Although it is a step in the right direction the Kimberley Process has a narrow definition of a conflict diamond and does not include polished stones and jewellery. The diamond industry has been left to police itself without a credible system to track diamonds from mine to high street.

Diamonds Wales and the Jewellery Studio strongly oppose all trade with anything or anyone remotely associated with conflict diamonds.

We can trace our diamonds – we know where they are mined and import through regulated, reputable traders.

We do not purchase or sell conflict diamonds.