Law Protects Whistleblowers But Not Used in Practice, NGO Says

Ljubljana, 5 November - Slovenia's legal framework affords good protection to whistleblowers in corruption and other criminal cases, but is not implemented in practice, the Slovenian wing of the international graft watchdog Transparency International warned on Tuesday.

Ljubljana Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Assistant head of the Corruption Prevention Commission Bećir Kečanović presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria presents the Whistleblowing in Europe report
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria (left) and assistant head of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption Bećir Kečanović present the Whistleblowing in Europe report. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria (left) and assistant head of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption Bećir Kečanović present the Whistleblowing in Europe report.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria (left) and assistant head of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption Bećir Kečanović present the Whistleblowing in Europe report. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Secretary General of Društvo Integriteta Vid Doria (left) and assistant head of the Commission for the Prevention of Corruption Bećir Kečanović present the Whistleblowing in Europe report.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana, Pravna fakulteta. Predstavitev izsledkov mednarodnega poročila Whistleblowing in Europe, ki predstavlja skupno oceno primernosti zakonodajnega okvira zaščite "whistleblowerjev". Generalni sekretar Društva Integriteta Vid Doria in pomočnik predsednika Komisije za preprečevanje korupcije Bećir Kečanović. Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana, Pravna fakulteta.
Predstavitev izsledkov mednarodnega poročila Whistleblowing in Europe, ki predstavlja skupno oceno primernosti zakonodajnega okvira zaščite "whistleblowerjev".
Generalni sekretar Društva Integriteta Vid Doria in pomočnik predsednika Komisije za preprečevanje korupcije Bećir Kečanović.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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