"Litigation on the Progressive Realisation of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Under What Conditions May It Be Strategic?" A paper co-produced by a team of human rights academics and practitioners. Supported by @slsauk.bsky.social cbeh.cat/wp-content/u... cc @essexhrc.bsky.social

.#HumanRightsDay reminds us that defending rights is about power, resources, and the alliances that make change possible. Today, we reflect on the strategies and connections strengthening a #RightsBasedEconomy and resisting anti-rights pressures ⤵️ cesr.org/human-rights...

New report from #AIDC, @cesr.bsky.social and @taxjustice.net shows how revenue lost to tax abuse, illicit flows, and debt shapes daily life for women and girls in Africa. Read ⤵️ cesr.org/bled-dry-the...

Nairobi hosted the latest round of #UNTaxConvention negotiations. The talks exposed real choices about power, fairness, and countries’ ability to fund public services. Here, we break down what the session revealed ➡️ bit.ly/4avIb6H

Workers, communities, and allies pushed #COP30 to adopt a Just Transition Mechanism. Now governments must match that progress with public finance that meets the scale of the crisis. Full analysis ➡️ bit.ly/3XrBz1I

#COP30 delivered a long-fought win with a new Just Transition Mechanism. But governments sidestepped the central question: who will fund it? Without grant-based public finance, this promise cannot deliver justice. Read our analysis ➡️ bit.ly/3XrBz1I

🔎 For #16Days, we’re sharing tools that challenge the systems enabling gender-based violence. Our new #KeyConcepts primer on #GenderJustice and macroeconomic policies offers insights you can use to push for rights-based alternatives. ➡️ Read: bit.ly/keyconceptsg...

🔎 Looking for tools to strengthen your advocacy? Our new #KeyConcepts primer on #GenderJustice and macroeconomic policies helps you unpack how economic decisions affect women and gender-diverse people, and what rights-based alternatives look like. ➡️ Read: bit.ly/keyconceptsg...

"We believe it is timely for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to consider adopting a thematic resolution that systematizes existing human rights standards on fiscal policy and promotes their implementation", @emimamberti.bsky.social

📢 [NOW]: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights' public hearing on fiscal and economic policies in response to poverty and structural inequality. Our Research & Policy Lead @emimamberti.bsky.social will take the floor soon 📺 Follow live: www.youtube.com/live/OgnzSsl...

“The American people are not boycotting the G20” - @sarahanderson.bsky.social in Johannesburg launching a joint @ips-dc.org report on the G20 with UK, Brazil, & South Africa partners. “Whatever happens at the governmental level, the people still need to show up & demand multilateral action”

The final 3 days of negotiations in Nairobi exposed the political choices behind the new #UNTaxConvention. Talks centered on capacity building, dispute prevention and resolution. Here’s a summary of what went on this week, and what it means for tax justice. 🧵

📆 Next Tuesday, join our Director of Program @drmariannaleite.bsky.social and allies in #Geneva as they examine what States and philanthropic donors must do differently to advance rights-centered development. ✏️ Register at bit.ly/47X6R5m

Day 5 of the #UNTaxConvention focused on capacity building. Nearly all States agreed: support must be embedded in the convention, not tacked on. A standalone article is necessary, but it must also be woven throughout the text.

Day 4 of the #UNTaxConvention discussions in #Nairobi focused on dispute resolution (Art. 10), illicit financial flows (IFFs), and capacity building. Here are the key developments from the negotiations ⤵️🧵

Will you be in 🇿🇦 #Johannesburg next week? Join us at the launch of "G20 at a crossroads", our new collective report with @neweconomics.bsky.social, @ips-dc.org, #IEJ & #Transforma 🗓️ 18 Nov 📍CIVICUS, 25 Owl St, JHB 📝 Register at: ow.ly/jVbh50XqXL6

As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, will wealthy countries deliver the public, reparative climate finance they owe, or repeat the delays that deepen today’s crises? Our latest blog post breaks down what to watch, from the $1.3T Roadmap to just transition and new court rulings. 🔗 Read: bit.ly/49AD4SD

🌍 Day 3 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiating sessions in #Nairobi focused on harmful tax practices (Art 8), sustainable development (Art 9), and dispute resolution (Art 10). A quick recap below ⤵️ 📷: CSOs (including @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social ) & UN delegates via @latindadd.bsky.social

“What’s essential isn’t in indicators: it’s in people’s lived realities.” In our latest #KeyVoices interview, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky shows how law, art, and solidarity can rewrite the story of the global economy. 🔗: cesr.org/key-voices-j... #HumanRights #DebtJustice

🌍 Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in Nairobi ended with slow progress, growing contradictions, and a widening gap between stated commitments and real ambition. Here’s a quick summary of where things stand. 🧵

We're really proud to be part of this joint report with ‬ ‪@neweconomics.bsky.social‬, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil. With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.

🌍 The 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the #UNTaxConvention began today in Nairobi. Delegates returned to the table to shape fairer global tax rules. It was a packed first day. Here’s a quick thread for those following the talks. 🧵

Our new joint report with @neweconomics.bsky.social, @ips-dc.org, #IEJ, & #Transforma shows what the #G20 must do to shift course and advance toward a #RightsBasedEconomy 🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF

Live from #PuertoRico, our Research & Policy Lead Ma. Emilia Mamberti discusses the rights impacts of public debt in a conversation w/ @aclu.org Puerto Rico’s Annette Martínez. Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda! 📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut

🌍 A historic step: the #G20 has recognized that inequality is not inevitable. It is the result of policy choices. Its new report opens space for rights-based global cooperation. Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action. 🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...

Join us today! ⬇️ Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop

✊The Global Week of Action for #DebtJustice reminded the world that debt is a human rights issue. Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice. More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme... #CancelTheDebt

Ahead of #COP30, join us to explore how debt, tax & fiscal policies shape the flow of climate finance — and what it will take to make it just. 🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET 🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop #ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social

"Without fair debt workouts, recovery isn’t possible. Restructuring must restore fiscal space so governments can meet basic human rights obligations." -Mahinour El Badrawi, @cesr.bsky.social, at #IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings.

🌍 As the IMF and the World Bank meet in #WashingtonDC for the Annual Meetings, debates on debt, tax, and climate finance take center stage. @cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️ #CSPF2025

We’re in Paris at @icrict.bsky.social’s conversation on Taxation, inequality and democracy in Latin America with Magdalena Sepúlveda, José Antonio Ocampo, Ricardo Martner and Martín Guzmán #TaxThePower

Africa emits just 2–3% of global emissions yet faces the harshest impacts 🌍 We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️ www.cesr.org/reimagining-...

“If you think the Bahamas destroyed your global tax system, then you’ve got a pretty terrible global tax system.” Steven Dean @islandtaxprof.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social

Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice. Read more ⬇️ #FiscalJustice #TaxJustice www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...

⤵️ @oilchange.bsky.social shows rich countries can mobilize $6.6 trillion every year for climate action. The resources exist. What is missing is will. Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍

“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.” @emimamberti.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition. 👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30

Join us tomorrow in Addis Ababa 🌍 ➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2 Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2

The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power. Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations. ➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...

We’re in 🇬🇭 #Accra participating in #AfCoDDV, standing with movements demanding an end to a system that extracts from the many to enrich the few. ⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union

💸 The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power. Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations. ⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...

💸 Billions promised for climate action are trapped in debt and corporate interests. Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change. 🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...

⤵️ Starting in a few minutes! Join us and #OHCHR: bit.ly/intersecting_

📅 The first two sessions of #UNTaxConvention negotiations just wrapped up in New York 🗽 🧵From disputes and data to power imbalances and next steps, here’s what happened on the final day and what we learned from two intense weeks of talks ⤵️

🧵 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations – Day 9 (14 Aug) Today’s session focused on Workstream III and Protocol II on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes. Chairs highlighted key problems in the current system, especially transfer pricing, and stressed the need to improve tax certainty ⤵️

🌍 How do age, gender & structural violence intersect? Join OHCHR & @cesr.bsky.social for a webinar spotlighting older women’s rights & invisibility in data. 📅Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐3PM CEST / 9AM ET 📌Register: bit.ly/intersecting_

🧵 #UNTaxConvention negotiations – Day 8 Highlights (Aug 13) Delegates continued discussions on taxing cross-border services, focusing on implementation, treaty design, information exchange, and dispute resolution. Here’s what happened 👇

🧵 #UNTaxConvention negotiations – Day 7 Highlights (Aug 12) Talks on Protocol I (taxing income from cross-border services) moved from general positions to technical debate on scope, definitions, and which taxes the protocol should cover. Here are 10 key takeaways 👇

🇺🇳 #UNTaxConvention SIDE EVENT Stocktaking the UN Tax Convention Negotiations: Civil Society Views on State of Play and Next Steps 🕑 13:15 - 14:45 NY Time | Tuesday, 12 August 📍 Conference Room 6, UN Headquarters 📺 Join in person or watch on UN Web TV: bit.ly/4mGrZ5K

🧵 #UNTaxConvention negotiations – Day 6 highlights Today focused on general statements about two early protocols: 📌 Protocol I - Taxing income from cross-border services in a digitalized world 📌 Protocol III - Dispute prevention and resolution Here are 8 key takeaways 👇

🎥 “No country can do this alone.” At the #UNTaxConvention negotiating session, our Research and Policy Lead, María Emilia Mamberti, calls for effective taxation of high-net-worth individuals, not just stopping evasion. 📺 youtu.be/8yon1QxUUG0 #HNWIs #TaxJustice #UNTC