Variable: Law: civil servants who report corruption cases are protected

QoG Code: (aii_q36)


Dataset: Africa Integrity Indicators

Description:

Sub-score (0-100). Question no. 36. In law, civil servants who report cases of corruption are protected from recrimination or other negative consequences.

A 100 score is earned where all the following conditions are met:
1) there is a law specifically created to protect public sector whistle-blowers, and
2) the law forbids termination, transfer, harassment or other negative consequences against whistle-blowers. Note: General protections for civil servants do not grant a 100.

A 0 score is earned if no such law exists.

Type of variable: Continuous

Downloaded by QoG on: 2023-12-04
Last updated by source: 2023-07-04


Categories:

Judicial


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Standard time-series: 54


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