The Kimberley Process

The Kimberley Process is a regulation established in 2003 – with meanwhile 50 participants representing 76 countries (European Union counting as a single participant) – to prevent "conflict diamonds" from entering the rough diamond market.

Conflict diamonds are used by rebel movements for financing violence. The Kimberley Process is seen as the only effective way to prevent the trade of illegal diamonds and ensure that diamond purchases are not financing wars. Since this regulation has been enacted, rough diamonds can only be traded with a certificate of origin, in order to exactly track where it comes from. The United Nations have imposed an embargo on all diamonds with dubious origin.

The Kimberley Process further requires that each rough diamond has to be

transported in a tamper-resistant container that may not be opened throughout the entire period of transport. The diamond has to be accompanied by a government-validated Kimberley Process Certificate, which needs to be resistant to forgery, uniquely numbered and describe the shipment's contents. The shipments are only supposed to be exported to other KPCS participant countries. Each of these countries has their own specific diamond office which monitors the implementation of these regulations.

Mine operators and diamond suppliers have to adhere strictly to the standards established by the Kimberley Process and officially certify that every traded diamond meets the requirements of the chain of warranties.

All Rockberries.com diamonds are warranted to be conflict free.