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International Human Rights

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Adopts “Conflict Minerals” Rule

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2013

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References

1 SEC Conflict Minerals Final Rule, 17 CFR pts. 240, 249b (2012), at http://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2012/34-67716.pdf.

2 Brady Dennis, SEC Sets Rules on ‘Conflict’ Minerals, Wash. Post, Aug. 23, 2012, at A12; Steven M Davidoff, Humanitarian Effort in Congo Puts Wall St. Regulator in Unintended Role, N.Y. Times, Aug. 29, 2012, at B7.

3 Crook, John R., Contemporary Practice of the United States, 104 AJIL 654, 668 (2010)Google Scholar; SEC Press Release No. 212-163, SEC Adopts Rule for Disclosing Use of Conflict Minerals (Aug. 22, 2013), at http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2012/2012-163.htm.

4 SEC Chairman Mary L. Schapiro, Opening Statement at the SEC Open Meeting (Aug. 22, 2012), at http://www.sec.gov/news/speech/2012/spch082212mls.htm.