European Court of Human Rights confirms that whistleblowers enjoy the right to freedom of expression
A whistleblower from Armenia submitted a report, through his former employer's designated internal channels, on irregularities committed by one of the company's high-ranking manager. When this manager found out, he sued the whistleblower for defamation and won the case in court (the whistleblower had to pay high damages and apologise).
The case went to the European Court of Human Rights, which found that the Armenian courts had thus violated the whistleblower's right to freedom of expression. The Court also stressed that a whistleblower's protection against retaliation also extends to the time after employment termination, especially when the whistleblower makes a report in the public interest.
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