“Whistleblowers and Corruption Prevention – You can’t have one without the other.”
Samantha Feinstein Highlights Importance of Whistleblowers at UN Anti-corruption event
By: Samantha Feinstein and Ian Herel
On October 11th, 2022, Samantha Feinstein, Vice Chair of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Coalition, and International Program Director at Government Accountability Project spoke about the importance of whistleblower protection at a side event during the Intersessional meeting of the Conference of the States Parties (CoSP) to the UNCAC on the achievements of the political declaration adopted at the special session of the General Assembly against corruption and First resumed 13th session of the Implementation Review Group in Vienna, Austria. Feinstein’s speech addressed the progress and challenges towards implementing commitments on whistleblower protection reflected in the UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) Against Corruption’s political declaration. The side event was organized by the UNCAC Coalition and sponsored by the European Union. Feinstein emphasized the importance of whistleblower protections in the effort to prevent and combat fraud and corruption.
Her presentation firmly placed the protection of whistleblowers as an essential priority for all nations and private entities to prevent fraud, gross waste of funds, and abuse of power; while also stressing that “paper rights” must be backed by sufficient infrastructure to protect...
The Deb star Charlotte MacInnes claims Wilson’s social media posts suggested she had dishonestly retracted the complaint in return for a lead stage role and record deal Get our breaking news ema...