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Anticorruption barometer


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Non-corrupt and professional public administration — #76 Anonymisation of legitimate whistleblowers

Should the whistleblower ask for it, the Public Defender of Rights should grant the legitimate whistleblower anonymity (i.e. rights granted within witness protection regime) and on behalf of the whistleblower requests the police to grant him/her the same protection.


Justification and sources

Selected update

Updated: 08/2015 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
0%
Progression:
30%
Political promise to solve the problem

The submission of a legislative regulation of whistleblowing and the protection of whistleblowers is foreseen in the governmental Action plan and Conception for fighting corruption.

Compared to current state


Updated: 06/2017 Parameter update history

Effectiveness:
100%
Progression:
60%
The law proposal is in the Lower Chamber

The Government proposal, which is in the Lower Chamber of the Parliament, does not foresee the possibility of anonymizing the identity of the whistleblower. The parallel MP proposal allows for the possibility of anonymizing the identity of the whistleblower.