Evaluation of the Whistle-blower Protection Directive - Related links

European Commission

• Whistleblowers and Informants
• Anticompetitive practices reporting system
• OLAF - Fraud Notification System
• European Artificial Intelligence Office - AI Act Whistleblower Tool
• EU sanctions whistleblower tool
• Welcome to the EU Sanctions Whistleblower Tool
• Protection for whistleblowers

• Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, PE/78/2019/REV/1, OJ L 305, , pp. 17–56

• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE Strengthening whistleblower protection at EU level, COM/2018/214 final

• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the implementation and application of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, COM/2024/269 final

• Register of Commission Expert Groups and Other Similar Entities - COMMISSION EXPERT GROUP ON THE DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/1937 ON THE PROTECTION OF PERSONS WHO REPORT BREACHES OF UNION LAW (E03709)

• Whistleblower Protection Directive – evaluation

European Parliament

• European Parliament legislative resolution of 16 April 2019 on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting on breaches of Union law (COM(2018)0218 – C8-0159/2018 – 2018/0106(COD))
• Briefing - Protecting whistle-blowers in the EU

European Council - Council of the European Union

• Press release - Better protection of whistle-blowers: new EU-wide rules to kick in in 2021

Court of Justice of the European Union

• Failure to fulfil obligations: Five Member States are ordered to pay financial penalties for failing to transpose the Whistleblowers directive

Council of Europe

• Protection of Whistleblowers

European Court of Human Rights

• CASE OF HALET v. LUXEMBOURG (Application no. 21884/18)
• CASE OF GAWLIK v. LIECHTENSTEIN (Application no. 23922/19)
• CASE OF GUJA v. MOLDOVA (Application no. 14277/04)

Miscellaneous

• Network of European integrity and whistleblowing authorities
• EU whistleblowing monitor - About the EU whistleblowing monitor, Implementation status and compliance analysis, Interactive compliance timeline
• Whistleblowing International Network
• Blueprint for free speech, Whistleblower Protection Compliance Tool, What does it take to be a Whistleblower?
• European Center for Whistleblower Rights
• International Labour Organization - Protecting whistle-blowers in the public service
• Transparency International - Monitoring internal whistleblowing systems, Internal Whistleblowing Systems: Self-assessment framework for public and private organisations, Internal Whistleblowing Systems: Best practice principles for public and private organisations, How well do EU countries protect whistleblowers?
• European Federation of Journalists - EFJ published a transposition guide for journalists on the EU whistleblower directive
• Follow-up on Whistleblowing Reports