Editing Whistleblowing (section)

===Other countries===
South Africa adopted comprehensive legal protections for whistleblowers with the Protected Disclosures Act of 2000 (PDA). The PDA was further strengthened by the passage of an Amendment Act in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=Whistleblowing – legislation in South Africa |url=https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/guides/whistleblowing-legislation-in-south-africa |work=Pinsent Masons |date=25 Sep 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Whistle-blower reporting and protection systems in Southern Africa: What are our commonalities? |url=https://www.unodc.org/documents/ft-uncac/wb/Session_3_AC_Savage.pdf |website=United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |access-date=13 June 2023|date=7 February 2022}}</ref>

A number of other countries have adopted comprehensive whistleblower laws, including [[Ghana]]'s Whistleblowers Act (Act 720), 2006.<ref name="Suuk">{{cite news |last1=Suuk |first1=Maxwell |title=Why are Ghanaians reluctant whistleblowers? |url=https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-ghanaians-reluctant-whistleblowers/a-19441793 |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=dw.com |date=2 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WHISTLEBLOWER ACT, 2006 (ACT 720) |url=https://lawsghana.com/post-1992-legislation/table-of-content/Acts%20of%20Parliament/WHISTLEBLOWER%20ACT,%202006%20(ACT%20720)/163 |publisher=LawsGhana |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>
[[South Korea]],<ref name="Hayes">{{cite news |last1=Hayes |first1=Sean |title=Whistleblower Protections and Laws in South Korea |url=https://www.thekoreanlawblog.com/2021/02/whistleblower-protection-south-korea.html |access-date=13 June 2023 |work=The Korean Law Blog by IPG Legal |date=26 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Freehills LLP |first1=Herbert Smith |last2=Yuen |first2=Celia |last3=Lucy |first3=Twomey |title=Korea's new whistleblowing legislation |url=https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=ad889a6e-83b2-4c72-aca1-c430aa0d9557 |work=Lexology |date=10 February 2012 }}</ref> [[Uganda]],<ref name="Tumuramye">{{cite journal |last1=Tumuramye |first1=Brenda |last2=Ntayi |first2=Joseph Mpeera |last3=Muhwezi |first3=Moses |title=Whistle-blowing intentions and behaviour in Ugandan public procurement |journal=Journal of Public Procurement |date=4 June 2018 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=111–130 |doi=10.1108/JOPP-06-2018-008 |s2cid=169602254 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328603508 |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2010 |url=https://ulii.org/akn/ug/act/2010/6/eng@2010-05-11 |publisher=Judiciary of Uganda |access-date=13 June 2023 |date=11 May 2010 }}</ref> 
[[Kenya]],<ref>{{cite web |title=The Whistleblower Protection Bill, 2021 |url=http://parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2021-11/The%20Whistleblower%20Protection%20Bill%2C%202021.pdf |website=Parliament of Kenya |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> and [[Rwanda]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Rwanda|date=2021 |url=https://www.pplaaf.org/country/rwanda.html |website=PPLAAF |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW ON WHISTLE-BLOWERS IN RWANDA |url=https://www.unodc.org/documents/NGO/Fast-tracking/Revised_Report_TIRW_UNODC_Assessment_Whitsleblower_law.pdf |website=Transparency International Rwan |access-date=13 June 2023|date=2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Public Procurement and Whistleblower Protection Systems Strengthened in Eastern Africa |url=https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/ngos/public-procurement-and-whistleblower-protection-systems-strengthened-in-eastern-africa.html |work=United Nations : Office on Drugs and Crime |date=29 October 2020 }}</ref> also have Whistleblower laws. The [[European Court of Human Rights]] ruled in 2008 that whistleblowing was protected as freedom of expression.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bonucci |first1=Nicola |last2=El Ghozi |first2=Philippe Bouchez |title=Whistleblower Protection in Europe: Where do we Stand? {{!}} Paul Hastings LLP |url=https://www.paulhastings.com/insights/client-alerts/whistleblower-protection-in-europe-where-do-we-stand |work=www.paulhastings.com |date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>

[[Nigeria]] set up a whistleblowing policy against corruption and other ills.<ref>Guja v. Moldova, Application no. 14277/04 (2008)</ref> [[Nigeria]] formulated a [[Whistle-blowing policy in Nigeria|Whistleblowing Policy]] in 2016, but this has not yet been established as law. A new draft bill for Whistle-blower Protection was approved by the [[Cabinet of Nigeria|Federal Executive Council]] (FEC) as of December 2022.<ref name="Angbulu">{{cite news |last1=Angbulu |first1=Stephen |title=FG approves new whistle-blower bill |url=https://punchng.com/fg-approves-new-whistle-blower-bill/ |work=Punch Newspapers |date=14 December 2022}}</ref> The new draft whistleblower protection bill was presented to the [[National Assembly (Nigeria)|National Assembly]] for consideration by President [[Muhammadu Buhari]] in May 2023. Buhari's term as President ends on May 29, 2023.<ref name="Usman">{{cite news |last1=Usman |first1=Mustapha |title=Coalition lauds Buhari for transmitting whistleblower protection bill to NASS |url=https://www.icirnigeria.org/coalition-lauds-buhari-for-transmitting-whistleblower-protection-bill-to-nass/ |work=The ICIR- Latest News, Politics, Governance, Elections, Investigation, Factcheck, Covid-19 |date=10 May 2023}}</ref>