Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Raimundas Kalesnykas (Faculty of Law, Turiba University, LATVIA)

The Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdańsk, is pleased to invite you to a Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Raimundas Kalesnykas from Faculty of Law, Turiba University, Latvia

📖 Lecture Topic: “EU Whistleblowers Protection Law & Control of Corruption: trends in the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of whistleblowers within Member States”

📅 Date: Monday, December 15, 2025

⏰ Time: 11:15 – 13:00 CET

💻 Format: Online

 

Join us to gain valuable insights into the EU Whistleblowers Protection Law & Control of Corruption: trends in the implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of whistleblowers within Member States, presented by an experienced academic with a global perspective.

 

How to Participate:

If you wish to attend, please contact us at siapl@ug.edu.pl to receive the event link.

 

We warmly welcome all members and friends of our Faculty community to this engaging and thought-provoking session!

Professor of International Public Law and EU Law and a Leading Researcher at the Faculty of Law, Turiba University (Latvia). He teaches International Human Rights Law, EU Law, International Anti-Corruption Law, and International Security Law in the PhD Programme of Legal Science. He holds a PhD in Law (2002, Law University of Lithuania) and an LL.M in International Human Rights Law (2001, Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute, Budapest). With over 27 years of academic experience, he has lectured at 85 universities worldwide and specializes in rule of law, security, anti-corruption, and public administration reforms. In Lithuania, he served as Legal Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs (2006-8, 2020-22) and Senior Policy Analyst at the Lithuanian Government Strategic Analysis Centre STRATA (2022). Internationally, he has worked on rule of law, human rights, and governance reforms in Europe, Central Asia, and beyond for organizations such as UNODC, USAID, OSCE, and the European Commission. Currently, he is an anti-corruption expert in the EU Network Against Corruption (EC DG Home) and holds a senior expert mandate at OSCE & UNODC. His research focuses on rule of law, democracy, security, and governance.