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Blood Diamonds Deconstructed • Blood from a Stone • Digital Devil #12

1 September 2000

Richard W. Hughes

Digital Devil #12. The subject of "blood diamonds" (conflict diamonds) quickly became a major story in 2000. Here, Richard Hughes casts a jaundiced eye at the subject.

Kimberley Process • Appeasement in the Diamond Trade

1 January 2004

Charles Elias and Richard W. Hughes

In the year 2002, the world diamond trade put into place a protocol known as the Kimberley Process Scheme, designed to address the so-called “blood” or “conflict” diamond issue. The following article looks at the potential impact of, and the lack of political consistency in, the Kimberley Process.