Thank you to ⁦Dr. Ashley Savage⁩ for sending the APPG a hard copy of his excellent report - received this afternoon #OfficeForTheWhistleblower #whistleblowerProtection #MentalHealth

Happy New Year to all of my friends colleagues and followers from the heart of Vienna, here’s to a great 2019!!

Great to see TI Ireland Associate Lauren Kierans contributing to this timely publication on whistleblowing systems in Ireland. #Transparency #SpeakUp #IntegrityAtWork

#Whistleblowers across the #EU could soon be protected from retaliation & bullying but tomorrow EU Council may decide to bureaucratically pick apart the future law to remove key issues like #TaxEvasion, #CorporateCheating & #Nuclear Safety. So contact your #Justice Ministry now!

"It is vital that EU #whistleblower legislation makes it easier [not harder!] for citizens to come forward & report, without fear of negative repercussions for their career, economic status or private life." bit.ly/2VNiBRp

Well at least the UK is on the right side of this one! "The UK has concerns about the proportionality of this measure, and has indicated its preference for providing #whistleblowers a choice of reporting channels to support their disclosure" bit.ly/2IYg8lg

Mandatory internal reporting runs contrary to the ECtHR jurisprudence and natural instinct of citizens to report directly to authorities. This disproportionate restriction of workers' art.10 rights would undermine the ability of authorities to prevent harm #whistleEU

Congratulations to all of the civil society organisations who worked so hard for an effective EU Directive to protect #whistleblowers. This will result in a new era of national laws recognising the important role of recipients in protecting whistleblowers AND handling concerns

Check out my latest article: The UK leaking scandal: the case for reforming the Official Secrets Act 1989 linkedin.com/pulse/uk-leaki… via LinkedIn

Excellent start to this year’s EuroISME conference with Ashley Savage exploring the issues and implications of whistleblower protection in the military

Many congratulations to Dr. Lauren Kierans who is doing really excellent work on whistleblowing - the PhD is well deserved.

Check out WIN's latest guest blog from Dr. Ashley Savage on #whistleblowing in the military! Based on a talk he delivered at EuroISME conference in Vienna, Dr. Savage explores the complexities & the need to clearly protect military #whistleblowers bit.ly/2ZdhEDC

For MP's debating whistleblowing this afternoon... here are my 10 Reasons for why the UK Whistleblowing law urgently needs reform - a comparison with the new EU Directive: linkedin.com/pulse/10-reaso… via LinkedIn #whistleblowers #whistleblowing #appgwhistleblowing

Attending the back bench Commons debate? Here are my 10 reasons why PIDA needs urgent reform with reference to the new EU Directive: linkedin.com/pulse/10-reaso… Norman Lamb @stephenkerrMP Dr Philippa Whitford Office of the Whistleblower APPG on Fair Banking National Association to Protect Children WhistleblowersUK #whistleblowing #whistleblowers

New G20 High Level Principles on #Whistleblowing: "G20 countries should consider providing for effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for those who retaliate against whistleblowers" UK Whistleblowers deserve better than PIDA g20.org/pdf/documents/…

This week I conducted a two-day specialist training programme on #whistleblowing for the Internal Control Department of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU). The training was supported by the European Union Anti-Corruption Initiative in Ukraine.

Here are my thoughts on the UK's efforts to reform official secrecy laws, just published in the Verfassungsblog: verfassungsblog.de/uk-off-secrecy… #secrecy #freedomofexpression #leaks #whistleblowers #whistleblowing #Transparency #oversight