Legislation and Legal Instruments

Transposition Legislation

• Title: Loi du 16 mai 2023 portant transposition de la directive (UE) 2019/1937 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 23 octobre 2019 sur la protection des personnes qui signalent des violations du droit de l’Union
  • Adopted: 16 May 2023
  • Entered into force: 21 May 2023
  • Official Source: Loi du 16 mai 2023 portant transposition de la … – Legilux

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

Journals, Studies, and Analysis

University of Chicago Blog on the EU Directive and obstacles for implementation

• Title: European Union’s Plan to Protect Whistleblowers Continues to Face Obstacles
  • Published: 7 March 2021
  • Description: Dimitrios Kafteranis, the EU Whistleblowing Monitor country editor for Luxembourg, has published this blog for the University of Chicago on the EU Directive and obstacles for implementation.
  • Link: European Union’s Plan to Protect Whistleblowers Faces Obstacles

University of Göttingen Analysis on European Whistleblowing Laws

• Title: Europe’s New Whistleblowing Laws: Research Papers from the 2nd European Conference on Whistleblowing Legislation
  • Published: 2023
  • Description: Collection of 2023 research papers including a chapter ‘The Transposition of the Whistleblowers Directive in Luxembourg’
  • Link: Europe´s New Whistleblowing Laws

Regional Publications

European Court of Human Rights Public Hearing of Halet v. Luxembourg

• Title: Halet v. Luxembourg (no. 21884/18)
  • Published: 02 February 2022
  • Description: The public hearing of Halet v. Luxembourg in the European Court of Human Rights, in which the Grand Chamber consider freedom of expression rights under the Convention and evolving standards on whistleblower protection, including the Directive can be watched in French and English via webcast.
  • Link: Halet v. Luxembourg (no. 21884/18) – ECHR – ECHR / CEDH