"European Parliament’s Trade Committee wastes ground-breaking opportunity on conflict minerals", 14 April 2015

INTA has failed to extend the legal requirements to the vast majority of companies involved in the trade, such as manufacturers, traders and companies importing products that contain these minerals. It also fails to regulate foreign actors that supply to European companies. Although we welcome a mandatory approach, this excessively narrow scope will likely fail to make a meaningful and lasting impact on a trade that fuels conflict and human rights abuses in countries like the Democratic Republic of Congo, Colombia, and Zimbabwe.Civil society is calling on the European Parliament to strengthen the law when it votes in mid-May.