Retaliation associated with an IRM process threatens the integrity and effectiveness of the IRM. The IRM has developed these Supporting Operating Procedures on Retaliation to facilitate the implementation of provisions of the Procedures and Guidelines (PGs) on retaliation. They also outline the IRM’s role in implementing the principles concerning retaliation that are contained in the GCF’s Policy on the Protection of Whistleblowers and Witnesses and Policy on Prohibited Practices, to the extent that these are applicable to the IRM.