KKC Partner to Participate in Panel on Whistleblower Protections at OECD’s 2025 Global Anti-Corruption Forum in Paris
On Tuesday, March 25th, Stephen Kohn, a founding partner of Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, will moderate a panel at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) 2025 Global Anti-Corruption & Integrity Forum in Paris, France. The panel, “Whistleblower Protections Under Pressure: Addressing Barriers to Effectiveness,” is hosted by the National Whistleblower Center. It will explore how whistleblower reporting mechanisms, enforcement authorities, and organizations can build effective legal frameworks to handle the increasing number of whistleblower reports. The panelists will also discuss the vital issue of incentivizing whistleblowers, ensuring they are motivated and protected while speaking out against wrongdoing.
Members of the public can register online to attend. The panel will be live-streamed from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. EST or 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. CET.
The panel boast a diverse range of speakers, each offering a unique perspective on the topic:
Stephen M. Kohn
Stephen Kohn is founding partner at Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Chair of the National Whistleblower Center, and a leading whistleblower attorney.
Christopher Wylie
Christopher Wylie is a British-Canadian whistleblower known for exposing massive privacy violations by Facebook and Cambridge Analytica.
Eliza Lockhart
Eliza Lockhart is an attorney and Research Fellow at the Centre for Finance and Security at the Royal United Services Institute, the UK’s oldest and most prestigious think.
María de los Ángeles Estrada
María de los Ángeles Estrada is a Mexican attorney specializing in transparency and anti-corruption, was formerly Executive Director of Tec de Monterrey’s Transparency Initiative.
Emin Huseynov
Emin Huseynov is an Azerbaijani human rights defender and former chairman of the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety, who was forced into hiding due to his advocacy.
Eric Hylton
Eric Hylton is a former Deputy of the IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division and head of International Operations, helped initiate over 6,000 investigations that led to thousands of convictions and sentences.
