Legislation and Legal Instruments:

• Transposition Legislation: ATT sabiex jemenda l-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni ta’ Informatur, Kap. 527
• Adopted: 14 December 2021 and entered into force on 24 December 2021

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:

• WIN and Repubblika statement and blog raising alarm on Malta’s new whistleblowing law – Published December 2021
  • WIN and Republika 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.

Regional Publications:

• NGO Repubblika Report ‘Protecting Whistleblowers in Malta’ – Published November 2022
  • 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.