Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions

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...

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Main Author: Udvarhelyi Bence
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2023-12-01
Series:Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0034
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description 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.
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spelling doaj.art-356552ee5e7542348f62e5c75863a95f2024-03-18T10:29:37ZengSciendoStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric2199-60592023-12-0168158961010.2478/slgr-2023-0034Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian SolutionsUdvarhelyi Bence01University of Miskolc, Faculty of Law, Institute of Criminal Sciences, Department of Criminal Law and CriminologyWhistleblowing 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.https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0034whistleblowinginternal and external reportingpublic disclosureretaliationcomplaints and public interest disclosuresemployer’s whistleblowing system
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Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
whistleblowing
internal and external reporting
public disclosure
retaliation
complaints and public interest disclosures
employer’s whistleblowing system
title Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
title_full Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
title_fullStr Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
title_full_unstemmed Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
title_short Protection of the Whistleblowers – Eu Requirements and Hungarian Solutions
title_sort protection of the whistleblowers eu requirements and hungarian solutions
topic whistleblowing
internal and external reporting
public disclosure
retaliation
complaints and public interest disclosures
employer’s whistleblowing system
url https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2023-0034
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