ISSUES OF GRANTING A PROTECTION ORDER TO PERSONS WHO HAVE REPORTED CORRUPTION OFFENSES

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the measures outlined in the third section of the State Program for 2023–2024 on combating corruption, approved by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. PD-200 dated November 27, 2023, “On measures to further improve the anti-corruption system and enhance the efficiency of public oversight over the activities of state bodies and organizations.” Within the framework of the measures aimed at improving the system for handling corruption-related reports, it focuses on the protection measures for individuals reporting corruption offenses, to be defined in the draft law “On the protection of persons reporting corruption offenses.” The article analyzes the legislation of the United Kingdom, Russia, and other countries regarding these protection measures. Based on the legislation of foreign countries, the study proposes well-founded recommendations for developing protection measures related to issuing protection orders to individuals reporting corruption offenses within the draft law. Additionally, a scientific-theoretical analysis of the reporting institution and the concept of the whistleblower has been conducted, leading to the development of an authoritative definition of this concept.