For Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Rules, the Glass Is Half Full

For Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Rules, the Glass Is Half Full

On Wednesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission narrowly approved reporting rules intended to curb corruption in resource extraction and to combat human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Act, also called the “conflict minerals provision,” requires that companies determine the origin of the metals they use and disclose whether they contain minerals from conflict zones, including the DRC and neighboring African countries.*

“The SEC's ruling is one more important piece of the puzzle to resolving the conflict in eastern Congo,” Sasha Lezhnev, senior policy analyst at the Washington-based human rights organization Enough, told Trend Lines. “It's not the silver bullet, and it is not as strong as it could have been. But it should still have a fairly powerful, though slow, impact.”

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