Legislation and Legal Instruments

Transposition Legislation

• Title: Lagen om skydd för personer som rapporterar om missförhållanden
  • Adopted: 29 September 2021
  • Entered into force: 17 December 2021
  • Official Source: Act on the Protection of Persons Reporting Irregularities – Government.se

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 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