Local Training on Anti-Corruption and Legal Protection of Whistleblowers in Yemen

Yemen - Saturday, February 6, 2010

The Human Rights Information and Training Center (HRITC) in Yemen organized a local training session on 6-9 February 2010 in Aden (Yemen), with the support of the “Article 13 Alliance” and in cooperation with the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). The session brought together thirty participants from eleven provinces and trained them on ways to control and monitor corruption crimes, and also on the legal protection of whistle-blowers. The training also addressed the preparation of shadow reports, while emphasizing the importance of creating a national cadre of human resources capable of systematic monitoring and adequate analysis of corruption issues and ways to address them.