New Voluntary Standard for Responsible Jewelry Production

Expand Children pan for gold along the mercury-contaminated Bosigon River in Malaya, Camarines Norte. © 2015 Mark Z. Saludes for Human Rights Watch (London) A major jewelry industry group has made significant improvements to its process for certifying its members when it comes to ensuring human rights risks are addressed in supply chains, 27 civil society groups said today in an open letter to the industry group. But the organizations highlighted serious concerns with how the certification process will be carried out and urged the industry group, the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), to…

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