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Bausback, W. (2024). 'Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement' In E. Hilgendorf, (Ed.), Law in Times of Crisis (1st ed., pp. 397-413)
Bausback, Winfried. "Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement". Law in Times of Crisis, edited by Eric Hilgendorf, Duncker & Humblot, 2024, pp. 397-413.
Bausback, W. (2024): 'Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement', in Hilgendorf, E (ed.). Law in Times of Crisis. Duncker & Humblot, pp. 397-413.

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Future Whistleblower Protection in Germany Caught Between the Conflicting Demands of Bureaucratic Burden and Law Enforcement

Bausback, Winfried

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
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