ASIA-PACIFIC REGION OFFERS GROWING PROTECTION TO WHISTLEBLOWERS, ALTHOUGH COMPREHENSIVE LAWS ARE USUALLY ABSENT
July 2nd, 2020
THE ASIA-Pacific region, even one-party states such as China, have developed legal protections for whistleblowers, although the comprehensive protection more commonly found in Europe is still usually absent.
South Korea is one jurisdiction leading the pack on developing robust whistleblower protections. An amendment of the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and the Establishment and Management of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (see http://www.acrc.go.kr/en/data/1.0.ACRC%20Act.pdf) came into force on October 17, 2019, to shield corruption ...
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