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Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement
In: Law in Times of Crisis (2024), pp. 397–413
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Winfried Bausback
Bausback, Winfried, Prof. Dr., Bavarian Minister of Justice, ret., Germany
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Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
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Winfried Bausback: Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement | 397 | ||
I. Introduction: Whistleblower Protection as a Subject of EU and German Legislation | 398 | ||
II. Contents of the EU Whistleblower Directive | 399 | ||
1. Scope of Application | 399 | ||
2. Establishment of “Whistleblower Systems” – Internal and External Reporting Systems | 400 | ||
3. Protection Against Reprisals | 402 | ||
4. Consequences of the Failure to Transpose the Directive within the Time Limit for the German Jurisdiction | 402 | ||
III. Current Draft Bills in German Whistleblower Protection Law – Which Exceed EU Implementation Requirements | 403 | ||
1. Draft Bill of the Federal Government in the Version of the Resolution of the German Bundestag in 2nd and 3rd Reading on 16 December 2022 | 403 | ||
a) Scope of Application | 403 | ||
b) Establishment of Internal and External Whistleblowing Systems | 405 | ||
c) Prohibition on Reprisal | 406 | ||
2. Split Draft Bills of the Government Coalition Partners for a Whistleblower Protection Law as well as for Supplementary Rules on Whistleblower Protection Involving the Additional Requirement of the Availability of Anonymous Reporting Channels | 407 | ||
IV. Exceeding the Goal? Whistleblower Protection in the EU and Germany, Examined in the Light of Freedom and the Rule of Law | 409 | ||
V. Concluding Assessment | 412 | ||
Bibliography | 413 |