Protecting whistle-blowers in the public service : a global survey of whistle-blowing laws applicable to the public service sector
| dc.contributor.author | Roche, Maximilien | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-24T13:43:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-06-24T13:43:01Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-02 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789220412916 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789220412923 (web PDF) | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789220412930 (epub) | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9789220412954 (html) | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.54394/xfjh2510 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4321245 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper provides an analysis of national laws relevant to whistle-blowers in the public sector across 67 ILO Member States. 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. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 1 online resource (61 pages) | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | International Labour Organization (ILO) | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | ILO working paper no. 135 | en_US |
| dc.rights | International Labour Organization 2025 | en_US |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | anticorruption | en_US |
| dc.subject | Whistle blowing | en_US |
| dc.subject | Whistle blowers--Law and legislation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Whistle blowers--Protection | en_US |
| dc.subject | Leaks (Disclosure of information) | en_US |
| dc.subject | international law | en_US |
| dc.subject | public service | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Ethics of law | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Rights based legal ethics | en_US |
| dc.subject.other | Labour/professional ethics | en_US |
| dc.title | Protecting whistle-blowers in the public service : a global survey of whistle-blowing laws applicable to the public service sector | en_US |
| dc.type | Book | en_US |
| ge.collectioncode | BO | |
| ge.submissions | 1 | |
| ge.peerreviewed | no | en_US |
| ge.placeofpublication | Geneva, Switzerland | en_US |
| ge.link | https://doi.org/10.54394/XFJH2510 | en_US |
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