nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230223-185227-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230223s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230223-185227-0 doi eng 342 23 Foegle, Jean-Philippe Author aut New Wine in Old Bottles - Luxleaks, Whistleblowers and the EctHR Foegle, Jean-Philippe Verfassungsblog 2023-02-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On February 14, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights released its judgment on the Raphael Halet case. In a context of both increasing attacks against financial transparency, and failure of states to properly implement the EU directive on the protection of whistleblowers, the judgment by the Grand Chamber was a much awaited one. This case gave the Strasbourg Court an opportunity to reaffirm the importance of whistleblower protection as a human right, and amend the threshold for protection. Yet, the Strasbourg Court still falls short from providing whistleblowers a safe way of expressing concerns publicly. CC BY-SA 4.0 ECtHR EU Whistleblowing Directive Halet whistleblower protection Whistleblowing Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/new-wine-in-old-bottles/ raw object