Protecting whistle-blowers in the public service: A global survey of whistle-blowing laws applicable to the public service sector

It studies each national law through a selection of indicators derived from reference frameworks and guidance by inter-governmental organizations (e.g. UNODC, OECD) and global civil society organizations (e.g. Transparency International, the International Bar Association).

It aims at drawing a picture of each studied member state’s approach to specific questions such as which public sector employees should benefit from a statutory whistle-blower protection, un­der which conditions and what such protection entails.

The study concludes by observing that although enacting national laws protecting whistle-blow­ers is a relatively recent trend, such laws present a broad diversity of approaches which contrasts with the relative consistency of institutional recommendations.