An International Group Effort
Awarding the Ellsberg Whistleblower Award is a collective effort. Next to our executive board, our member organizations and the general public can nominate potential awardees. The executive board and the member organizations appoint members for the official jury. That jury will then decide on that year’s winner by majority vote.
This way, we not only want to protect and strengthen whistleblowers from all around the world, but also raise international awareness for the grievances that they have brought to light.
Interested? Learn more here on our different committees.
Nominations
Nominations to the Ellsberg Whistleblower Award are open to all. If you would like to tell us about a whistleblower that might be deserving of the award, let us know via our secure and anonymous online nominations portal. You may also nominate yourself.
Please note that the portal includes a secure feedback channel, allowing you to communicate with us safely and provide additional information for us if needed. To use this feature, please make sure to note the 16-digit code you receive upon submitting your nomination, as it will allow you to log in later for any follow-up.
How it all began
For our inaugural award cycle in 2024, Daniel Ellsberg chose himself who should win the very first Ellsberg Whistleblower Award. So we got to focus on getting things started.
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