The Whistleblower’s Best Friend: An Inside View of Bosnia’s Revolutionary Whistleblower Protection System
Bosnia and Herzegovina made history in 2014, becoming the first country in the world to develop a whistleblower protection system designed to protect whistleblowers before workplace retaliation gets out of control, and without the need to go to court to exercise their rights.
Macedonia Passes Strong Whistleblower Protections
Three years after it was first proposed, a comprehensive whistleblower law was passed by the Assembly of Macedonia in November 2015. The law represents another step in the country’s efforts to join the EU, for which it has been a candidate since 2005. The Law on Whistleblowers’ Protection, first suggested
Coalition-improved WBer Law Passes in Albania
Marking a major step forward in the fight against crime and corruption, the Albanian Parliament on June 2 passed a whistleblower protection law covering employees in the public and private sectors. Albania now joins Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia among Southeast European countries with designated whistleblower legislation. The
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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.
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