Whistleblower The Movie Essay

The 2010 film Whistleblower details the story of three women, Kathryn Bolkovac, Raya, and Luba, caught in a massive scandal involving military Contractors, the U.S. State Department, and the U.N. itself. The film is based on the real life tale of Kathryn “Kathy” Bolkovac, who in 1999 took a contract with the military contractor DynCorp for $85,000 as an International Police officer during the Bosnian Conflict. While there she uncovered a human trafficking ring, which she reported, only to be dismissed from the company to avoid further inquiry, and would later sue the company for unfair dismissal. Those involved with the crimes are never convicted because they have been granted diplomatic immunity. So why 2010? And why Ukrainian girls? How is it relevant to both recent history and the world around us? The reason this case is significant is the complete failure to see change in the U.N. policies surrounding “Diplomatic Immunity”. …show more content…
As a matter of fact, the film might never have been put to the silver screen if it were not for director Larysa Kondracki’s desire to make her first film about human sex trafficking The primary purpose of diplomatic immunity is to protect diplomats from coming to harm at the hands of a foreign government, which makes a great deal of sense, as it would be really hard for nations to sit down and talk about issues if one or both parties has to sit on a metaphorical bear trap. The other major part of diplomatic immunity, and ultimately the one that creates the issues of immunity from crimes is, in the words of Tim