The court, which dismissed Halet’s case at first instance, ruled in a Grand Chamber judgment published on Tuesday that the public interest in disclosing the information outweighed any harmful effects resulting from it.
Halet, one of the whistleblowers in the Luxleaks case, had filed an application against Luxembourg with the European Court of Human Rights.
This is a big step forward for the former PwC Luxembourg employee, who had sent documents to journalist Edouard Perrin.
On his Facebook page, his support committee wrote that Luxembourg was “in the dock” and would have to “answer for violating the freedom of expression of a French citizen, a whistleblower.”
At the end of the Luxleaks trial, Halet was fined €1,000. The Frenchman criticises the Luxembourgish justice system for doing its job half-heartedly: despite conceding that he acted in the public interest, the justice system convicted him.
Halet also explained to ‘Le Quotidien,’ that an important witness, Marius Kohl, was not heard.
