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Kieran Pender is a legal advisor with the International Bar Association's Legal Policy and Research Unit. He is a graduate of The Australian National University (ANU), where he was awarded the university medal. Kieran was formerly a research associate with Bradley Allen Love Lawyers, and a sessional academic at the ANU. His interests include whistleblowing, anti-corruption and employment law. He co-coordinated the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee’s Anti-Corruption Law and Practice Report 2017: Innovation in Enforcement and Compliance and was project lead on the IBA’s recently-published Whistleblower Protections: A Guide. Kieran has previously been a fellow with the World Bank Group's Integrity Vice Presidency Special Litigation Unit and a researcher with an Australian Senator. He is also a freelance journalist and has reported from four continents for The Guardian and Monocle.