October 14, 2019 - The Protection Against Retaliation policy is now available in Portuguese and Arabic.
May 11, 2018 - The updated Protection Against Retaliation policy is in line with the latest Secretariat guidelines ST/SGB/2017/2/Rev1 and includes: protection of individuals who choose to report wrongdoing to an external entity in limited circumstances; reducing the turnaround time for Ethics to complete the preliminary review stage (from 45 to 30 days); changing the definition of retaliation so that it aligns with the most recent SGB; the option of recommending transfer of the alleged retaliator; and explicitly prohibiting retaliation against outside parties. Additionally, UNDP introduced the possibility of interim protective measures during the preliminary review stage.
May 11, 2018 - The Protect against Retaliation policy is available in French and Spanish. To access the documents, click on the French and Spanish language tabs.
2015 - Procedures added. (No text change in the policy document.)
July 2012 - This policy was expanded to include protection for non-staff personnel such as contractors, interns and UNVs serving in UNDP or another UNDP administered fund, programme or agency.
