29/04/2010 Session
PACE has called on Council of Europe member states to introduce laws to protect “whistle-blowers”, people working in governments, organisations or companies who speak up to stop wrongdoing. Debating a report by Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD), the Assembly said such laws – covering people in both the private and public sector – should define the kinds of unlawful acts that ought to be exposed, and give “whistle-blowers” protection against unfair dismissal, defamation or prosecution for breaching official secrets.