Legislation and Legal Instruments:

• Transposition Legislation: Gesetz für einen besseren Schutz hinweisgebender Personen sowie zur Umsetzung der Richtlinie zum Schutz von Personen, die Verstöße gegen das Unionsrecht melden (Hinweisgeberschutzgesetzesetz)
• Adopted: 9 May 2023 and entered into force on 02 July 2023

Institutional Reports:

• NGO Transparency International EU Directive report – Published 7 November 2023

  • ‘How well do EU countries protect whistleblowers: Assessing the transposition of the EU Whistleblower Protection Directive’ scrutinises the new whistleblower protection laws adopted in 20 EU member states against the minimum requirements of the Directive and international best practice principles.

• The International Bar Association and The Government Accountability Project joint report – Published 22 March 2021

  • Are whistleblowing laws working? 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.)

Journals, Studies, and Analysis:

• Legal Analysis Germany’s draft whistleblowing law – Published 8 August 2022
  • Legal Analysis on Germany’s draft whistleblowing law “Still Incomplete: On the current government draft for a whistleblower protection law” by the Verfassungsblog
• Blueprint for Free Speech analysis on draft whistleblowing law – Published 25 March 2021
  • NGO Blueprint for Free Speech analysis “German Government’s Work-in-Progress Whistleblower Protection Draft Law Fails to Meet International Standards”
• WIN and Whistleblower-Netzwerk e.v joint spotlight blog “EU Directive: Experts say Germany must change approach to protect Whistleblowers” – Published February 2021
  • The Whistleblowing International Network, in collaboration with Whistleblower-Netzwerk e.v., have published this Spotlight: “Experts say Germany must change approach to protect whistleblowers” which is a shortened translation setting out legal arguments that verbatim transposition of the Directive which only protects reports of breaches of EU Law is not justifiable under principles of equality under German constitutional law.

Regional Publications:

• Joint submission of Whistleblower-Netzwerk e.v. and Whistleblowing International Network on the draft law in Germany – Published May 2022
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