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“While an effective statute is the foundation for rights,” the authors said, “it is only the first step in a long journey. Too many whistleblower laws have proven to be ineffective in practice.”
That has led to whistleblowers’ choosing to speak out through different channels venting on social media or speaking to journalists or, often, remaining silent.
After a year in which the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light how important whistleblowers are to safeguarding public health from the Chinese doctor Li Wenliang who first warned the world about COVID-19 to the doctors and nurses who sounded the alarm about conditions in long-term care homes and the lack of personal protection equipment Sternford Moyo, the president of the International Bar Association, said he hoped the report would spur better protection for whistleblowers, empowering them to speak up and protecting them when they do.