European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), Freedom of Expression, Tax Disclosure, Tax transparency, Whistleblowing
When the public interest of the disclosed information is no longer enough for activating the safeguards derived from Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Comment on the decision of the ECtHR in the case ‘Halet against Luxembourg’ (‘Lux Leaks’ case). In a judgment delivered on 11 May 2021,[i] the Third Chamber of the ECtHR ruled, by five votes to two, that the criminal conviction of the second ‘Lux Leaks’ whistleblower, Raphaël Halet, for disclosing tax documents about clients…