The leading French legal think-tank Club des juristes will publish on June 17, 2025, a pivotal report presenting 7 legal safeguards aimed at improving the effectiveness of internal investigations while safeguarding employee rights.
Amid a growing number of whistleblower reports of harassment, discrimination, or fraud, these recommendations seek to provide structure to a practice that remains too often improvised. When properly conducted, an internal investigation can become a strategic lever, particularly in negotiations with authorities, both in France and internationally.
These proposals could help avoid overly rigid legislation while reinforcing trust in these sensitive mechanisms.
A must-follow topic for legal, HR, and compliance departments.
> Read the full “Report on the interests at play in relation to the status and the role of the “investigating” lawyers in internal investigations”, for which Stéphane de Navacelle has been co-rapporteur.
