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.
If in cases when the whistleblower asks for it, he/she was granted an anonymity regime similarly to that of a witness in a criminal judicial procedure, the whistleblower could avoid later attacks and threats against his/her person.
Sources:
- Transparency International: Curbing Corruption in Public Procurement, A Practical Guide, 2014, p. 17
- Transparency International Czech Republic: Whistleblowing is not snitching, A Guide not only for whistleblowers, September 2014, p. 57
- REST. Depolitisation of the civil service, Reconstruction of the State [online], 2013, principle 4
- Transparency International: International Principles for Whistleblower Legislation – Best Practices for Laws to Protect Whistleblowers and Support Whistleblowing in the Public Interest, 2013, p. 6 and 11
- Oživení: Whistleblower protection, Analysis developed for the purpose of preparation of new legal regulation in Czech Republic, 2011, p. 33 - 37, 60 – 64
- Transparency International: Alternative to silence – Whistleblower protection in 10 European Countries: Whistleblowers protection in the Czech Republic – Key Findings, 2009, p. 27
- Transparency International Czech Republic: Whistleblowing and the protection of whistleblowers in the Czech Republic, November 2009, p. 15 - 17
- Vondráček, O., Havrda, M., 21 recipes – Anti-corruption cookbook, Recipe 12: Corruption whistleblowing, December 2013
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