Membership: Public authorities, embassies, International Civil Society Organisations, international and national mining industry
Objectives: Promotion of dialogue and awareness-raising of VPI at the national level
Membership: International and national mining industry, private security companies, local and international civil society organisations, public security forces, public authorities
Objectives: Monthly meetings to exchange information, joint prevention of security and human rights incidents in the industrial mining context of Haut Katanga and Lualaba, sharing good security practices
Established in: November 2018
Secretariat: Observatoire Gouvernance et Paix (OGP)
Membership: Public security forces, artisanal mining cooperatives, international mining industry, local civil society organisations, community representatives, public authorities
Objectives : Monthly meetings to exchange information, developing joint responses to security issues in the artisanal mining context of South Kivu province, conducting field missions to gather data on security and human rights issues, monitoring of public security forces’ conduct
In the DRC, SHRIM supports two multi-stakeholder platforms who support the identification and mitigation of security and human rights risks in relation to the mining sector. The working groups are located in Lubumbashi (Haut Katanga) and in Bukavu (South Kivu). Moreover, SHRIM supports human rights training of the DRC mining police.
For information on the DRC'S engagement, visit the following membership pages: