Legislation and Legal Instruments

Transposition Legislation

• Title: Návrh zákona, kterým se mění některé zákony v souvislosti s přijetím zákona o ochraně oznamovatelů
  • Adopted: 1 June 2023 and
  • Entered into force: 01 August 2023
  • Official Source: Regulation 171/2023 Coll./Print 352 in the Collection of Laws

European Union Law Resources

EU Directive

• Title: 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
  • Adopted: 23 October 2019
  • Official Text: EUR-Lex 

EU Compliance Report

• Title: 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 2023 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law
  • Published: 3 July 2024
  • Official Source: EU Commission

Institutional Reports

NGO Transparency International EU Directive report

• Title: ‘How well do EU countries protect whistleblowers: Assessing the transposition of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive’
  • Published: 7 November 2023
  • Description: The report scrutinises the new whistleblower protection laws adopted in 20 EU member states against the minimum requirements of the Directive and international best practice principles.
  • Link: 2023-How-well-do-EU-countries-protect-whistleblowers-revised-revised.pdf

The International Bar Association and The Government Accountability Project join report

• Title: Are whistleblowing laws working? A global Study on Whistleblowers Protection Legislation
  • Published: 22 March 2021
  • Description: A global Study on Whistleblowers Protection Legislation which looks at the successes and shortcoming of whistleblowing protection in 38 countries (including France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden.)
  • Link: Are-whistleblowing-laws-working-report-2021March.pdf

CEELI Institute Report on Protecting Whistleblowers

• Title: Speaking Up: Protecting Whistleblowers in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Published: September 2021
  • Description: The CEELI Institute explores in this report how the recently introduced EU Directive 2019/1937 on safeguarding whistleblowers could pave the way for better protection of individuals who report misconduct.
  • Link: Speaking Up: Protecting Whistleblowers in Central and Eastern Europe | CEELI Institute

CEELI Institute Report on Implementing Whistleblower Protection

• Title: Beyond Paper Rights: Implementing Whistleblower Protections in Central and Eastern Europe
  • Published: Nov 2023
  • Description: A report examining how Hungary and five other CEE countries have implemented the EU Whistleblower Directive, exposing gaps between law and practice and urging stronger protections against retaliation.
  • Link: whistleblowingnetwork.org/WIN/media/pdfs/CEELI-Beyond-Paper-Rights.pdf

Journals, Studies, and Analysis

Second ‘WhistlePro’ international online conference on Whistleblower Protection at Work

• Title: Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries, France and Slovenia – Current Regulations and Proposed Changes
  • Published: 15 June 2021
  • Description: The second ‘WhistlePro’ international online conference on Whistleblower Protection at Work in the Visegrad Group countries, France and Slovenia, held by the University of Lodz took place on the 15 June 2021.  Presentations were given by academics, public officials and civil society experts providing a comparative analysis of current national frameworks in France, Slovenia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia and the provisions of the Directive – see the programme here.
  • Link: Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries, France and Slovenia – 15th June 2021

WIN Spotlight on WIN Member Oživení

• Title: Whistleblowers may become the new heroes in the Czech Republic
  • Published: April 2021
  • Description: The Whistleblowing International Network have published this Spotlight on WIN Member Oživení discussing the role of empirical research into cultural attitudes to whistleblowing and implications for the transposition of the EU Directive in the Czech Republic.
  • Link: Whistleblowers may become the new heroes in the Czech Republic – Whistleblowing International Network