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<p>Whistleblowing can be defined as the internal or external reporting of violations and abuses of law. The protection and promotion of whistleblowing is extremely important both in the level of the European Union and the Member States. It is also well demonstrated by the fact, that the European Union has adopted a Directive in 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law which the Member States also has to implement to their national legal system. Although whistleblowing can be analyses from several points of view, this paper only focuses on its legal aspects. The objective of the article is to present the legal requirements of the European Union and the Hungarian regulation. In this context, the paper aims to analyse how successful was the implementation of the Directive into the Hungarian legal system.</p>
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Whistleblowing can be defined as the internal or external reporting of violations and abuses of law. The protection and promotion of whistleblowing is extremely important both in the level of the European Union and the Member States. It is also well demonstrated by the fact, that the European Union has adopted a Directive in 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law which the Member States also has to implement to their national legal system. Although whistleblowing can be analyses from several points of view, this paper only focuses on its legal aspects. The objective of the article is to present the legal requirements of the European Union and the Hungarian regulation. In this context, the paper aims to analyse how successful was the implementation of the Directive into the Hungarian legal system.

Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions

Institute of Criminal Sciences, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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Whistleblowing can be defined as the internal or external reporting of violations and abuses of law. The protection and promotion of whistleblowing is...

Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions

Published Online: Dec 29, 2023

Page range: 589 - 610

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0034

Keywords
whistleblowing, internal and external reporting, public disclosure, retaliation, complaints and public interest disclosures, employer’s whistleblowing system

© 2023 Bence Udvarhelyi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions

Published Online: Dec 29, 2023

Page range: 589 - 610

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0034

Keywordswhistleblowing, internal and external reporting, public disclosure, retaliation, complaints and public interest disclosures, employer’s whistleblowing system

© 2023 Bence Udvarhelyi, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
whistleblowing, internal and external reporting, public disclosure, retaliation, complaints and public interest disclosures, employer’s whistleblowing system