World whistleblower day 2022: where do we stand? - European Committee on Legal Co-operation

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The Council of Europe’s European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) issued today a report evaluating the state of play for the protection of whistleblowers in Europe.

The report analyses whistleblower protection frameworks in Council of Europe member states since the adoption of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the protection of whistleblowers and identifies good practices and positive developments. It also reviews the evolving jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights and provides a comparative analysis with European Union Standards, notably Directive (EU) 2019/1937. Moreover, the report identifies areas for reform and proposes steps to strengthen whistleblower protection laws and European standards.

The report, prepared by Anna Myers under the supervision of the European Committee on legal Co-operation, is a contribution to the work of the CDCJ on whistleblower protection in the context of regular reviews of the impact of the Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7.

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Strasbourg, France 23 June 2022

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The European Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) is the Council of Europe intergovernmental body responsible for the standard-setting activities of the Council of Europe with a wide scope of competence in the field of public and private law. Its main role is to draw up standards commonly accepted by the 46 member states and to foster legal co-operation among them.

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Moreover, the standards that the CDCJ has developed and the expertise of the members of its Committee are used in the framework of legal co-operation projects developed for the benefit of member States and neighbourhing countries wishing to benefit from assistance in their justice sector reforms.