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As parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), both the European Union and its Member States are obliged to implement and safeguard the set of fundamental rights enshrined in the Convention. Full compliance with the Convention is required also by the state parties' public administrations, including the EU public administration, made up of its institutions, bodies and agencies. The UN CRPD Committee's 'Concluding Observations' of September 2015, which marked the ...

With the financial crisis, "conflict of interest" has become a buzzword. Not a day passes without the press uncovering another case of unethical behaviour from holders of public office. The introduction of new ethical rules and standards has become a political topic.

In view of existing whistleblowing rules applied within the European institutions and comparing these to the systems in use in other public organisations, in Europe and in the United States of America, this study provides a critical review of the efficiency of incentives and limitations to whistleblowing. No matter the organisation’s type, a strong ethical culture is the cornerstone of an efficient and effective implementation of clear whistleblowing rules. The study is based on the analysis of ...

Administrative procedure in the EU civil service is subject to the principles and rules which apply to all areas of EU law. It does, however, have specific characteristics as a result of the regulatory framework and case-law. This document explores certain key features of this field, with an emphasis on the elements which make it distinctive.

The study explains the concept of "whistleblowing" and its importance notably for risk management. It reports different approaches from UK, USA and from other law traditions. From this it distills 18 elements constituting Best Practice and which can be used for benchmarking. The current rules on whistleblowing in EU institutions are described and discussed in their context. The assessment against the benchmarks leads to proposals for a revision of these rules.