A Whistle for Kosovo’s Whistleblower Protection Law
On International Right to Know Day on Sept. 28, 2014, then-Kosovo Prime Minister Mr. Hashim Thaçi said his government was “working with full commitment towards the country's membership in the international initiative Open Government Partnership - OGP. We are in the process of adoption of the Action Plan.”
Moldova: New Whistleblower Protections in the Works
The National Anticorruption Center is leading an effort to enact Moldova’s first comprehensive law to protect whistleblowers. The government agency began working on the project in early 2016 in cooperation with the UNDP and international experts. In 2013 Moldova passed a regulation to provide retaliation protection for public employees who
Cases
THE WHISTLEBLOWER FILES Albania: Dritan Hila The whistleblower: Dritan Hila, diplomat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The case: Hila reported the questionable appointment of a judge’s daughter to an ambassadorship. After the disclosure: Hila was fired, but sought justice in a legal case to win reappointment and financial compensation.
The Price of Justice: Bosnian Whistleblowers Fight Back Against Retaliation
This is a story of corruption, whistleblowing, retaliation and broken lives. It is not an easy story to stomach. But it is an essential story. It highlights, all too graphically, what we in the whistleblower protection movement are fighting for – and why.
Whistleblowers Redeemed: New Laws Helping Victimized Employees
Two Southeast European countries are becoming showcases for how laws, institutions and NGOs – if given the chance – can protect whistleblowers effectively.
Double-Dippers: Macedonian Officials Asked Companies to Pay for Renovations
Thanks to whistleblowers within Macedonia’s farming industry, investigative journalists learned that the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management demanded local companies pay to renovate one of its buildings – even though the state had already funded the work.
Croatia: Pushing Back Against Media Crackdown
In response to a crackdown on media freedom, a coalition of NGOs including GONG (a Coalition member), Center for Peace Studies, Human Rights House Zagreb, Canadian Journalists for Free Expression and Blueprint for Free Speech have launched a public campaign to defend freedom of expression. Public funding for certain non-profit
Montenegro: Regional Event Highlights NGO’s Campaign
The Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations a Coalition member, hosted a regional conference in Podgorica in March 2016 to release a major new report on whistleblower protection. Among the speakers were Coalition member Bojan Bajić of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The report includes chapters by Radomirović and Coalition co-coordinator Mark
Bulgaria: Working for a Strong Anti-Corruption Law
The Center for the Study of Democracy, a Coalition member, has worked to strengthen a proposed anti-corruption law that includes provisions for citizens to report misconduct. The Center is a member of a consultative council run by Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Kuneva, who has spoken in favor of citizens’ rights
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Stop Punishing Tuzla Kvarc
The Center for Responsible Democracy-Luna, a Coalition member, is leading the campaign on behalf of Tuzla Kvarc, a small family-run mining company that has suffered persistent retaliation since uncovering a government bribery scheme in April 2015. Rather than being thanked for their efforts, the company and its director, Smail Velagic,
