Breaking Barriers: A Community-Driven Approach to Translation

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¿Vigilancia sin control? Las veedurías ciudadanas en Colombia y Ecuador

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Monitoring without Control? Citizen Oversight Committees in Colombia and Ecuador

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Taking Stock of the Mexican Government’s Rebranded Whistleblower Program

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Balance del nuevo programa de denunciantes del gobierno mexicano

{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} English version: Taking stock of the Mexican Government’s Rebranded Whistleblower Program   La reforma constitucional en materia de combate a la corrupción de 2015 en México trajo consigo la toma de decisiones públicas hacia la previsión de un marco jurídico…