To know everything that is necessary to effectively implement a whistleblowing system, this page contains the main law references at national and European level and the main publications and guidelines on whistleblowing produced by Transparency International Italia, Transparency International, UNODC, OECD and all the most important national and international organisations dealing with the topic.
ITALIAN AND EUROPEAN REGULATION
- LEGISLATIVE DECREE 10 March 2023, n. 24 – Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/1937
- ANAC – Guidelines on the protection of people who report violations of Union law and the protection of people who report violations of national regulatory provisions. Procedures for the presentation and management of external reports – Resolution no. 311/2023
- Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons reporting breaches of Union law
- European Data Protection Supervisor – Guidelines on processing personal information within a whistleblowing procedure (2016)
- Consolidated Law on Financial Intermediation – Legislative Decree no. 58/1998, art. 4-duodecies (1998)
- Consolidated Banking Law – Legislative Decree no. 385/1993, art. 52bis and 52ter
TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES
- Whistleblowing 2022. Annual Report of Transparency International Italia (2023)
- Whistleblowing Procedures – Internal Whistleblowing Systems (2022)
- Overview of whistleblowing software (2020)
- Gender Sensitivity in Corruption Reporting and Whistleblowing (2020)
- Financial incentives for whistleblowers (2018)
- The Business Case for “Speaking Up”: How Internal Reporting Mechanisms Strengthen Private-Sector Organisations (2017)
- Internal Whistleblowing Mechanisms – Topic Guide (2017)
- 10 Anti-Corruption Principles for State-Owned Enterprises (2017)
OTHER RESOURCES
- International Chamber of Commerce – Guidelines on Whistleblowing (2022)
- International Organization for Standardization (ISO) – Whistleblowing management systems — Guidelines, ISO 37002:2021
- UNODC – Speak Up for Health! Guidelines to enable whistle-blower protection in the health-care sector (2021)
- Eurocadres – Guide to Internal Whistleblowing Channels and the Role of Trade Unions (2021)
