Catalyst of Change
Supporting a vibrant civil society in Europe
APADOR-CH
apador.orgThe Association for the Defence of Human Rights in Romania – Helsinki Committee (APADOR-CH), is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in 1990. It works to protect human rights and to restore balance whenever they are endangered or violated. It is also committed to promoting and safeguarding civil rights, civic space, and the rule of law. Its values are competence, professionalism, visibility, transparency, principles, and ethics. Its vision is to create a society in which human rights are respected, for everyone, always.
About the Project
Whistleblowing the Police Horn for Democracy
In December 2022, Romania adopted a new law on whistle-blower protection, but key law enforcement institutions did not update their internal rules to comply with it. The project aimed to address these implementation gaps by promoting the alignment of institutional practices with the new law and by strengthening understanding of whistle-blower protection within law enforcement bodies. As part of this project, APADOR-CH produced a legal analysis on whistleblowing law compliance, carried out multiple advocacy meetings on the implementation of the EU Whistleblowers legislation, sent out over a hundred FOIA requests to County Police Inspectorates in Romania and held three trainings for representatives of different national county police inspectorates.
Communication Outputs
Media Coverage
APADOR-CH received media coverage from several online newspapers:
Project Communications
APADOR-CH regularly shared detailed project updates on their website:
Funded by the European Union
name
Catalyst of Change: Protecting the Union values by supporting a resilient, engaged and vocal civil society for the promotion of women’s rights, environmental justice and anti-corruption
partner
European Center for Not-for-Profit Law Stichting (ECNL)
duration
1 January 2023- 31 December 2026
budget
3,411.982 EUR
