Since the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, Ukraine has taken significant strides to improve its anti-corruption legislation. Ukrainian lawmakers and experts have been studying and implementing international best practices in developing progressive anti-corruption laws. One such development was the introduction of the Law On Corruption Prevention, which established new legal and organizational principles for corruption prevention and included provisions for whistleblower protection.

According to the Law On Corruption Prevention, a whistleblower in Ukraine is an individual who meets the following criteria:

• They possess information about corruption that they consider reliable.
• They intend to report this information.
• They obtained this information during their work, professional or economic activities, public engagement, scientific pursuits, or while serving or undergoing training, including mandatory procedures for commencing activities, completing service, or training.

The law defines three types of channels through which a whistleblower can report corruption facts: internal, external, and regular.

“Internal,” in this context, refers to protected or anonymous reporting by whistleblower to their manager — an authorized person/organization, or the entity where the whistleblower works, serves, or studies. The “external” channel involves reporting information through individuals or legal entities, such as media, journalists, public associations, trade unions, etc. “Regular”...

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