The delicate jewelry is tainted because of human-right abuses. The miserable miners were forced in the particularly unsafe environment to work, basically without a formal train and eligible equipment. (Brilliant Earth. n.d.). Excavation work fraught with danger, such as debris flow, drowning. In August 2006, the BBC reported that six miners were shot and killed in a coal mine near the town of illegal mining. (Mining accident - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, n.d.) Worthless life in this place, their survival philosophy is to maximize the benefits. Ironically, some mines are hidden deliberately, which are controlled by local underground organizations and did not allow to construct the roads and airports. (Blood Diamonds, n.d.) The average age of child labor is around 12, they are often suffering diseases from damaged nails, blister, and malnutrition etc. The working time is generally sixteen hours a day. In Africa, Child labor is hard to find related information which is …show more content…
(Brilliant Earth, n.d.). The Kimberley Process is intended to exclude conflict diamonds out of the legitimate diamond, each participating country must subjoin a Kimberley Process certificate when they transact diamonds. In fact, Kimberley process brought about more agony to the pathetic people, because it has boundedness. Firstly, the definition of the Kimberley process is too narrow: Conflict diamond is a kind of rough diamonds that is used to sponsor finance civil war and rebel movement against the government. So Kimberley process organization is not permitted to address the problem of smuggling diamonds, human rights abuses, and natural environment damage. Furthermore, once original stones are polished or cut, they will be excluded from the protecting scheme. (Global Witness,