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Recommendation 2162 (2019)
Improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe
1. The Assembly refers to its Resolution 2300 (2019) on
improving the protection of whistle-blowers all over Europe, its Recommendation 2073 (2015) on
improving the protection of whistle-blowers and the Committee of
Ministers’ reply of 25 January 2016.
2. It recalls that a proposal for a directive of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting
on breaches of Union law, the aim of which is to set minimum common
standards to ensure a high level of protection for whistle-blowers
in all European Union member States, is about to come into force. This
draft directive is inspired in large part by the Committee of Ministers’
Recommendation CM/Rec(2014)7 on this subject, but it also contains
clarifications of, and improvements to, that recommendation. The
draft directive addresses an issue of particular importance for
democracy, the rule of law and human rights, especially the fight
against corruption and the protection of freedom of expression and
of information.
3. In order to avoid a new legal divide in this area that falls
within the Council of Europe’s three priorities, the Assembly reiterates
its invitation to the Committee of Ministers to begin preparations
for negotiating a binding legal instrument in the form of a Council
of Europe convention as a follow-up to its Resolution 2060 (2015) and Recommendation 2073 (2015).
This instrument should draw on the above-mentioned European directive,
taking due account of the clarifications and additions proposed
in Assembly Resolution
2300 (2019).