\nRepublica Democrat\u0103 Congo a depus pl\u00e2ngeri penale \u00eempotriva filialelor Apple din Fran\u0163a \u015fi Belgia, acuz\u00e2nd gigantul tehnologic c\u0103 folose\u015fte minerale provenite din zone de conflict, au declarat avoca\u0163ii guvernului congolez pentru Reuters.<\/p>\n
\nPl\u00e2ngerile, \u00eenaintate luni, vizeaz\u0103 filiale precum Apple Fran\u0163a, Apple Retail Fran\u0163a \u015fi Apple Retail Belgia. Printre acuza\u0163ii se num\u0103r\u0103 ascunderea crimelor de r\u0103zboi, sp\u0103larea de minerale \u201emurdare\u201d \u015fi practici comerciale \u00een\u015fel\u0103toare privind lan\u0163urile de aprovizionare.<\/p>\n
\nCongi este unul dintre cei mai mari furnizori de staniu, tantal \u015fi wolfram, esen\u0163iale \u00een industria tehnologic\u0103. Cu toate acestea, minele artizanale din estul \u0163\u0103rii sunt adesea controlate de grupuri armate, responsabile de masacre, jafuri \u015fi violuri \u00een mas\u0103, potrivit rapoartelor ONU \u015fi organiza\u0163iilor pentru drepturile omului.<\/p>\n
\nApple a declarat c\u0103 nu achizi\u0163ioneaz\u0103 direct minerale \u015fi c\u0103 cerceteaz\u0103 periodic furnizorii pentru a asigura conformitatea cu standardele interna\u0163ionale. \u00centr-un raport din 2023, compania a sus\u0163inut c\u0103 niciunul dintre furnizorii s\u0103i nu a finan\u0163at grupuri armate din Congo sau din \u0163\u0103rile \u00eenvecinate.<\/p>\n
\nAvoca\u0163ii \u0163\u0103rii argumenteaz\u0103 \u00eens\u0103 c\u0103 Apple folose\u015fte minerale extrase ilegal, care sunt \u201esp\u0103late\u201d prin lan\u0163uri interna\u0163ionale de aprovizionare.<\/p>\n
\nFran\u0163a \u015fi Belgia au fost alese pentru pl\u00e2ngere datorit\u0103 reputa\u0163iei lor \u00een materie de responsabilitate corporativ\u0103. Belgia are, de asemenea, o \u201edatorie moral\u0103\u201d \u00een urma istoriei sale coloniale \u00een Congo, a subliniat avocatul Christophe Marchand.<\/p>\n
\nDisputa vizeaz\u0103 \u015fi ITSCI, o ini\u0163iativ\u0103 industrial\u0103 de monitorizare a lan\u0163urilor de aprovizionare din regiunea african\u0103. Criticii, inclusiv organiza\u0163ia Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI), sus\u0163in c\u0103 ITSCI nu poate garanta trasabilitatea mineralelor din zonele de conflict.<\/p>\n
\n\u00centr-o declara\u0163ie din iulie, Departamentul de Stat al SUA \u015fi-a exprimat \u00eengrijor\u0103rile privind riscurile asociate mineralelor din estul Congo, Rwanda \u015fi Uganda.<\/p>\n
\nPl\u00e2ngerile reprezint\u0103 primele ac\u0163iuni penale ini\u0163iate de statul congolez \u00eempotriva unei companii tehnologice majore, descrise de avocatul Robert Amsterdam ca fiind doar \u201eun prim pas\u201d \u00een acest demers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Republica Democrat\u0103 Congo acuz\u0103 Apple de complicitate \u00een ceea ce prive\u015fte comer\u0163ul cu minerale din zone de conflict \u015fi depune pl\u00e2ngeri penale \u00een Fran\u0163a \u015fi Belgia, scrie Reuters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[510],"tags":[288,26875],"class_list":["post-232577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-actualitate","tag-apple","tag-congo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bm.dev.synology.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}