Legislation and Legal Instruments

Transposition Legislation

• Title: ATT sabiex jemenda l-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni ta’ Informatur, Kap. 527
  • Adopted: 14 December 2021
  • Entered into force: 24 December 2021
  • Official Source: Protection of the Whistleblower (Amendment) Act, 2021 – without anon disclosures (VERSION 2).fm

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

WIN and Repubblika statement and blog raising alarm on Malta’s new whistleblowing law

• Title: Malta: The New Whistleblower Law Is Laughable
  • Published: December 2021
  • Description: WIN and Repubblika have published a statement and blog raising alarm on Malta’s new whistleblowing law. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe General Rapporteur on the protection of whistleblowers has strongly criticized the reforms.
  • Link: Malta: The New Whistleblower Law Is Laughable – Whistleblowing International Network

Regional Publications

NGO Repubblika Report

• Title: Protecting Whistleblowers in Malta
  • Published: November 2022
  • Description: NGO Repubblika have published a new Report ‘Protecting Whistleblowers in Malta’ assessing Maltese new law utilizing a WIN compliance standard being developed to provide assessment criteria for both EU Directive and international best practice principles for whistleblowing legislation.
  • Link: WB-ram-final-with-WIN-addition.pdf