Indicator 3. Retaliation against civil servants who refused compliance with unlawful or unethical instructions is forbidden and those who retaliate incur administrative or criminal liability

In order to provide effective complaint mechanisms for civil servants whose rights are threatened or denied as a result of refusal to comply with an improper superior order, it is important that the retaliation against civil servants who refused compliance with improper superior orders is forbidden and that those who retaliate incur in administrative or criminal liability.

Summary

None of the analysed legal frameworks forbids the retaliation against civil servants who refused compliance with improper instructions, with the exception of North Macedonia whose anti-corruption law forbids the retaliation against civil servants in that regard but only in indirect and implicit manner.

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