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The ECtHR Case Law on Whistleblowing: A Fundamental Rights Benchmark for the European and National Legislator

Katharina Pabel

The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations2025https://doi.org/10.54648/ijcl2025002article
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p class="MsoNormal"The case law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) developed a set of criteria which are relevant to assess an act of whistleblowing as a legitimate exercise of the right to freedom of expression. Most recently, the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Halet v. Luxembourg provided updated standards to find a fair balance between the interests concerned, i.e., the interests of the employee to exercise the right to freedom of expression which typically coincides with the public interest in receiving relevant information on the one side and the interests of the employer on the other side. Remarkably, the EU Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers recognizes the respective case law and takes into account the criteria established by the ECtHR.o:p/o:p

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@article{katharina2025,
  title        = {{The ECtHR Case Law on Whistleblowing: A Fundamental Rights Benchmark for the European and National Legislator}},
  author       = {Katharina Pabel},
  journal      = {The International Journal of Comparative Labour Law and Industrial Relations},
  year         = {2025},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.54648/ijcl2025002},
}

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