Training on the application of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers
The Judicial Academy, in cooperation with the Pishtaljka portal, organized training on the application of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers.
The training was held on June 6 in Novi Sad for judges and judicial assistants from the area of Novi Sad appeal.
The lecturers at the training were Snežana Andrejević, a retired judge of the Supreme Court and a member of the working group for the drafting of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers, and Jelena Stevanović, a judge of the Court of Appeal in Belgrade.
The training covered the following topics:
- International standards and principles in the whistleblower protection system, the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers as a novelty in RS legislation - basic postulates; judicial protection
- Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers - basic concepts prescribed by the Law; procedure and types of alarm; employer's obligations and criminal liability prescribed by the Whistleblower Protection Act;
- Case studies – practical application of the Whistleblower Protection Act, familiarization with cases and work in groups on tasks;
- Portrait of a whistleblower in Serbia;
- Analysis of previous court practice.