Protection of persons who report corruption focus of OSCE-supported workshop in Trebinje

Discussion on the implementation of strategic documents for the fight against corruption and the legal framework for protection of persons who report corruption in Republika Srpska, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, was held on 3 April 2019 in Trebinje.

Some 20 representatives of local self-governance units and the civic sector from the region of Eastern Herzegovina attended the workshop.

The participants discussed the implementation of the Republika Srpska 2018-2022 Anti-Corruption Strategy and Action Plan as well as the Law on Persons who Report Corruption at the local level.

The representative of the Republika Srpska Ministry of Justice provided a detailed explanation of the Law and its Action Plan to the participants, familiarizing them not only with these legal and strategic documents, but also with their obligations regarding their implementation.

The OSCE Mission to BiH plans to organize a similar event in December 2019 in order to assess the progress achieved in the implementation of the aforementioned documents.