On 20 May, Members of the European Parliament have voted in favour of binding regulation on conflict minerals in entire supply chain.  Discussions on details of the final regulation are underway with EU member states.

The open letter calls on members of the EU Parliament to vote for a law that: 

• requires all companies bringing minerals into the EU – whether in their raw form or contained in products – to carry out supply chain due diligence and publicly report in line with international standards 

• is flexible enough to cover,in the future, other resources that may be linked to conflict, human rights abuses and corruption