Description

• Title:
  Whistleblower protection from the freedom of speech perspective
• Creator:
  Pietruszka, Artur
• Description:
  Whistleblower protection is mainly a subject of interest for labour law. However, the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights indicates the relations between whistleblower protection and freedom of speech protection. A person who discloses information about certain irregularities exercises the right to impart information, which is protected by the Polish Constitution as well as by the European Convention of Human Rights. Whistleblowing allows public institutions to be subjected to scrutiny and increases transparency in public life. Hence, a democratic society should protect a person who discloses irregularities from any sanctions that may be imposed. The aim of this paper is to establish under which circumstances a person disclosing information should enjoy protection as a whistleblower, to analyse the relations between whistleblower protection and the freedom of speech, and to consider whether the state has a positive obligation to introduce whistleblower protection.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2020 WPiA UAM;
  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2020.03.30
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion;
  peer-reviewed article;
  Artykuł recenzowany
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Vol. 82 No. 1 (2020); 115-129;
  Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny; Tom 82 Nr 1 (2020); 115-129;
  2543-9170;
  0035-9629
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
• Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/22369/21807
• Subject:
  sygnalista;
  wolność wypowiedzi;
  pozytywne obowiązki państwa;
  whistleblower;
  freedom of speec;
  positive obligations of the state
• Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/rpeis/article/view/22369
• Data provider:
  Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM
• Can I use it?:
  seek permission
• Type:
  other