Global Whistleblowers

Less than a month after it was launched, a broad-based campaign to strengthen whistleblower rights in Europe already has produced many meaningful results. Policy-makers have expressed their gratitude for receiving assistance on how to incorporate the new European Union Directive...

According to a report by The Guardian, the Australian government has spent nearly $3 million on three ongoing court cases against four whistleblowers.  For whistleblower advocates, the Australian government’s costly pursuit of these whistleblowers, who exposed government wrongdoing, underscores the...

The US’ many whistleblower reward programs are very well known, even outside legal and anti-corruption circles. It’s no secret that American laws enable people who report tax evasion, foreign bribery, and various financial and environmental offenses to receive monetary compensation....

On August 3, 2020, 144 families of victims of police violence and more than 360 civil society organizations submitted a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding a recent UN resolution on “the...

There’s an expression in the Western Balkans: to build a new democracy, you need all hands on deck. The desire to bring honesty, accountability and transparency to a region still recovering from 40 years of Soviet-style Communist dictatorship is so...

Athletics Canada established a new whistleblower policy in response to the abusive treatment of athletes going unreported. The “sport governing body” for track and field, cross country, race walking, and other combined events recently banned three track and field coaches...

Recognized international experts in whistleblower law have offered to help Ireland with the implementation of new whistleblower legislation. On August 11, whistleblower nonprofit groups the National Whistleblower Center, Whistleblowing International, and the European Center for Whistleblower Rights, along with whistleblower...

Maybe it’s because of its skepticism of free-market capitalism. Or its mistrust of anything and everything American. Or its moral compass and philosophical values shaped by more than 2,000 years of civilization. Whatever the reasons, most European citizens and elected...

The UK made history in 1998 when it became the first country in Europe and just the second in the world – behind the US – to pass a designated whistleblower protection law. Since then, the Public Interest Disclosure Act...

The Ninth Annual Whistleblower Summit and Film Festival is being held virtually from July 28 - August 1.  The event features panels on an assortment of topics relevant to whistleblowers, whistleblower advocates, and over forty films.  The full calendar of...