The EU Directive on Whistleblower Protection of October 2019
will not be completely transposed into national law for two years,
but in Ukraine, a comprehensive law implementing reporting systems,
protecting whistleblowers and paying rewards to them will enter
into force early next year.
Fighting corruption1 is the main focus of the new
whistleblower protection law, which was signed by the Ukrainian
president on 13 November[] Under this law,
whistleblowers are defined as individuals who report on possible
corrupt actions, related violations of the law or other violations
of the Ukrainian Anti-Corruption Law, provided that they have
obtained this information in the context of their professional,
commercial, social or academic activity.
