(April 2013): Details the devastating long-term effects on human health and the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem stemming from BP and the federal government’s widespread use of the dispersant Corexit, in response to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Evidence suggests that the cleanup effort has been more destructive to human health and the environment [...]
(April 2013): Details how very few European countries have enacted laws that directly protect whistleblowers in stark contrast to the United States, which offers a multitude of different protections for employees across corporate industries and government agencies. Download the PDF
(March 2013): Checklist of 20 requirements that reflects an organizational history of lessons learned about the difference between policy rhetoric and meaningful, ‘bullet-proof’ anti-retaliation measures. All the concepts set out exist in various employee protection statutes currently on the books in the United States or other countries. Download the PDF [...]
(September 2012): Analyzes the impact of the United nations internal justice system on accountability practices int he UN peacekeeping missions based on a review of two years of UN Dispute Tribunal and UN Appeals Tribunal judgments, and 36 interviews with key UN personnel, external attorneys and whistleblowers from eight different peacekeeping missions. Download [...]
(August 2011): Evaluates reforms to the World Bank’s Peer Review Services, finds that the internal justice system used by bank whistleblowers fails to comply with international human right standards, and proposes solutions to address these shortcomings. Download the PDF
(December 2010): Exposes illegal tactics widely used by federal authorities to silence employees who call attention to security lapses, dangers to the public, and abuses of power within their agencies. Download the PDF
(July 2010): Exposes the highly irregular manner in which the Foundation for the Future, an obscure project funded by the U.S. Department of State, was established and operated by Bush administration officials and appointees. Read the Executive Summary here. Key FOIA documents: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Appendix. Download the PDF
(March 2010): Documents the lack of security for World Bank staff and consultants, based on the experience of an International Finance Corporation employee. Download the PDF
(October 2009): Shows the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the most important mutlilateral lender to Latin America, fails to promote racial equality adequately. The issue affects the identification, preparation, and implementation of IDB programs and projects in the region, as well as the Bank’s hiring, retention, and promotion practices. Executive Summary in English. Resumen Ejecutivo en Español. El [...]
(July 2009): Government Accountability Project and Consultants 21 Limited report on the International Monetary Fund’s continued lending to Sri Lanka to reverse declines in tax revenues despite the budget deficits being a result of a lack of safeguard measures to protect state assets, corruption, and fraud favoring private interests in the sale of state-owned [...]