Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is currently participating in the Regional Workshop on \u201cWhistle-blower and Witness Protection in the fight against Corruption in South Asia\u201d, organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). This workshop is on-going in Maldives from 22 \u2013 24 November 2017.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Commissioner of ACC Ms. Aminath Minna said that the Maldives needs a full-fledged law to protect the public interest of whistleblowing which will ultimately help the State and the authorities to detect and prosecute wrong doers and most importantly a Whistleblower law and regulation may help eliminate the root cause of corruption.<\/p>\n
The workshop aims to provide expertise, knowledge tools and practical skills to anti-corruption authorities, investigators, prosecutors and criminal justice system as a whole, to enable the discussion on specific challenges in protecting reporting persons and witnesses, to raise awareness about concepts and measures used in other countries and their strength and limitations.<\/p>\n
This workshop gathers representatives from Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal India Maldives and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
Assistant Legal officer, Uz. Hussain Tholal is attending the workshop on behalf of ACC. And in addition to ACC, other government entities from Maldives, participates in the workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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