Legislation and Legal Instruments

Transposition Legislation

• Title: Zakon O Zaščiti Prijaviteljev
  • Adopted: 2 February
  • Entered into force: 22 February 2022
  • Official Source: Zakon o zaščiti prijaviteljev (ZZPri) (PISRS)

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

The ‘WhistlePro’ Research Project on Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries

• Title: Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries, France and Slovenia
  • Published: December 2021
  • Description: The ‘WhistlePro’ Research Project on Workplace Whistleblower Protection in the V4 Countries, France and Slovenia financed by the International Visegrad Fund has now been published open access in several languages.
  • Link: Towards a Better Protection of Workplace Whistleblowers in the Visegrad Countries

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