Online event | Three years post transposition: lessons for protection of whistleblowers?
Three years after the deadline for Member States to transpose the Whistleblower Directive into their national laws, the European Whistleblowing Institute (EWI) and BRIGHT reflect on the work and progress we have made so far and we look ahead to what we want to accomplish in the next two years. Join us for this online event, on 12 December, from 13.30-14.45 CET, where we will discuss practical tools and experiences, with a focus on showcasing deliverables across BRIGHT.
You will hear from:
Nathalie de Montigny, Founding Partner and Attorney at Law at LEXENTIA
Nathalie is an expert in European Civil Service Law. She founded LEXENTIA, a law firm dedicated to this field. With her extensive experience, she regularly organizes conference cycles on national and European law for the benefit of the staff of European institutions. Her dedication and commitment make her a key figure in the European legal landscape, representing whistleblowers before the Court of Justice of the European Union, where she passionately and rigorously advocates for their rights. Beyond her legal practice, Nathalie is a prominent voice in the field of whistleblower protection, contributing to discussions and initiatives aimed at strengthening European legislative frameworks and institutional practices.
Wim Vandekerckhove, Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School
Wim is a Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School in France. Before joining EDHEC, he held a lecturer post at Ghent University (Belgium), visiting scholarships at the University of Oslo (Norway), Griffith University (Australia), the International Anti-Corruption Academy (Austria), and was Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Greenwich (UK). He has provided expertise on whistleblowing to various organizations, including the Council of Europe, UNODC, the International Olympic Committee, Transparency International, the UK Department of Health, and the British Standards Institute (BSI). He was the convener for ISO37002, the international standard for whistleblowing management systems.
Kate Kenny, Professor of Business and Society at the University of Galway
Kate is internationally recognized as an expert in whistleblowing research. This status is evidenced by invitations to speak at prominent research institutions and events, fellowships at world-leading institutions (Cambridge University, Harvard University), and publication of her recent manuscript by one of the world’s top academic presses, Harvard University Press (Kenny, 2019), which received a book award from Cornell University’s Catherwood Library. She has pioneered new research directions in the field of whistleblowing research, developing the concept of organizational parrhesia, or speaking truth to power. Her current work focuses on ethical disclosures in the context of social changes including gender dynamics.
Simon Gerdemann, Head of the Chair for Commercial and Media Law at the University of Göttingen
Simon is a multi-award-winning legal scholar specializing in Whistleblowing Law, Digital Law, Civil Law, and Comparative Law. He currently heads the chair for Civil Law, Commercial and Economic Law, Comparative Law, Multimedia Law, and Telecommunication Law at the University of Göttingen and is the principal investigator of the research project “Impact Analysis of German and European Whistleblowing Law”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He has provided legal advice to whistleblowers and whistleblowing institutions in many different capacities, inter alia, the European Court of Human Rights.
During this event, Nathalie will reflect on the protection of whistleblowers in the EU following the judgment on the case T-793/22. Wim will showcase SUSA - Speak-Up Self-Assessment, a free online tool that anyone managing an organization can use (anonymously) to measure the quality of their speak-up channels and culture. Kate will present the preliminary findings of her research “Infusing Gender and Intersectionality into European Whistleblowing Frameworks”, and Simon will reflect on the legal practice of whistleblowing after the transposition of the Whistleblower Protection Directive.
If you wish to attend this online event, please register via this link.
If you have any questions about this event, don’t hesitate to e-mail us at info@ewi.legal.
This event is part of the Project 101143234 — BRIGHT is co-funded by the European Commission.
