The Committee on the Rights of the Child has issued its Concluding Observations on Colombia, including recommendations that address concerns we raised in a joint submission with partner organisations. 📚🇨🇴 🔗 Read more here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

Junto con organizaciones aliadas, estamos coorganizando este webinar para impulsar la justicia fiscal como condición para la justicia climática y ambiental. ⚖️ 🔗 Regístrate aquí: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Together with partner organisations, we are co-organising this webinar to promote fiscal justice as a condition for climate and environmental justice. ⚖️ 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

On this #WorldDayOfSocialJustice, we reflect on unequal access to education and the responsibility of states to guarantee it for all. 🌍 Ten years into the Public Education and Human Rights Coalition's journey, there are reasons for optimism. 🌱

Junto con organizaciones aliadas, estamos coorganizando este webinar para impulsar la justicia fiscal como condición para la justicia climática y ambiental. ⚖️ 🔗 Regístrate aquí: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Together with partner organisations, we are co-organising this webinar to promote fiscal justice as a condition for climate and environmental justice. ⚖️ 🔗 Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today marks the 7th anniversary of the Abidjan Principles! 🎉 Education is a #HumanRight. States must respect, protect, and fulfil the right to education of everyone. 📹 Explore examples of the #AbidjanPrinciples in practice here: www.abidjanprinciples.org

Chile has promulgated the ‘Chile Cuida’ law, creating the National System of Support and Care. #Care is now recognised as a social right and incorporated as a pillar of social protection, affirming social and gender co-responsibility as public policy. gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

Civil society organisations across the world are using the Abidjan Principles to strengthen the #RightToEducation for all.🌍🏫

At the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, Roselyne Onyango, our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, delivered a joint statement together with the Kenya Human Rights Commission, Hakijamii and EACHRights. 🔗 Find the statement here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

At the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, we delivered a joint civil society statement on how debt servicing and austerity-driven fiscal policies continue to undermine the rights to education and health in Kenya. 🇰🇪 📄 Read here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

On International Day of Education, the obligation remains: fund and provide public education for all.

On International Day of Education, the obligation remains: fund and provide public education for all.

As #InternationalDayOfEducation approaches, we’re sharing our multi-country study on how fiscal choices shape the financing of public services. 🔗 You can access the publications in this series here: gi-escr.org/en/resources...

📚 Ahead of the #InternationalDayOfEducation, we invite you to join an online webinar tomorrow exploring the power of youth in co-creating education and the role of young people in shaping inclusive, relevant and future-ready learning systems in Kenya and across East Africa.

Ten years have passed since the formation of PEHRC, the Public Education and Human Rights Coalition. And the debate around privatisation in #Education continues to evolve. 🏫🌐

Ten years of global collaboration have delivered concrete results. 🌍

📘 New Publication: ‘From the Hague to Belém: “Synergies Between Recent Normative Developments on Climate Finance and the Path Towards 1.3 Trillion and Beyond’ Read it here: gi-escr.org/en/resources...

Over the past ten years, evidence of harm from privatisation in #Education has pushed civil society organisations across regions to collaborate rather than work in isolation. 🌍

Read our statement on the currently unfolding situation in Venezuela and our concern for economic, social and cultural rights: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

A decade ago, expanding privatisation in #education sparked cross-regional organising by civil society, leading to the creation of the Public Education and Human Rights Coalition, which brings actors together across contexts and struggles. 🌍

Ten years ago, the rise of privatisation in and of education pushed civil society to organise across regions. Today, that global movement is stronger and better connected, with the Public Education and Human Rights Coalition growing in reach and influence. 📖🌍

What happened in Belém 🇧🇷 shaped far more than the formal decisions. Power moved unevenly, some issues gained room to advance and others stalled as political pressure shifted. 🌍 📖 Read our analysis here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

10 years ago, the rise of privatisation in education pushed civil society to organise across regions. Today, that global movement is stronger and better connected, with the Public Education and Human Rights Coalition growing in reach and influence. 📖 🎥 youtu.be/mQPabBY4koA

At the regional ex officio hearing on 'Fiscal and Economic Policies in the Face of Poverty and Structural Inequality', convened by IACHR, our Programme Officer on Economic Justice and Climate Finance, Ezequiel Steuermann, set out our position on taxation and #HumanRights. 🌎

At the regional ex officio hearing ‘Fiscal and Economic Policies in the Face of Poverty and Structural Inequality’ of the IACHR, our Programme Officer on Economic Justice and Climate Finance, Ezequiel Steuermann, presented our perspective on taxation and #HumanRights. 🌎

We joined a collective appeal urging #G20 leaders to confront extreme inequality and support people and the planet. 🌍The letter to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa highlights how the richest 1% hold more wealth than 95% of humanity. ✉️ Read here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

Tomorrow! Climate finance is central to any effective response to the climate emergency. 🌍 Current needs run into trillions, yet existing commitments remain far below what developing countries require for equitable and effective climate action. #COP30

We've joined a collective appeal to the #UNFCCC after its tone-deaf letter to the Government of Brazil, related to the peaceful protests that took place at #COP30 last week. That communication led to a sharp increase in security forces around the summit. gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

As negotiations in Nairobi turn to Protocol II on the Prevention and Resolution of Tax Disputes, Roselyne Onyango, our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, has spoken on behalf of us and @globaltaxjustice.org. 🌍 📹 Watch her intervention here: youtu.be/EhlXD5guG_E #UNTaxConvention

As #COP30 unfolds in Belém, the Office of the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA) has issued a powerful statement linking climate finance, tax justice and human rights. 🧾 Read more here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

At #COP30, we’re spotlighting how centring care can transform the path to climate justice. From households to ecosystems, caring practices hold the key to fair, inclusive and sustainable transitions. More info here: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...

Climate finance is central to any effective response to the climate emergency. 🌍 At #COP30, this remains especially clear, as current needs run into trillions, yet existing commitments remain far below what developing countries require for equitable and effective climate action.

On 6 November, we met at the British Consulate in São Paulo with partners from across regions and movements to look ahead to #COP30 in Belém. 🌎 Read more here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

At #COP30, Ezequiel Steuermann, Programme Officer on Economic Justice and Climate Finance at the Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, emphasised the urgent need to put inequality and justice at the heart of climate action.

At #COP30, we’ll join a powerful discussion on how aligning climate action with human rights can shape fairer, more sustainable solutions for people and the planet. 🌍

At #COP30, we’re spotlighting how centring care can transform the path to climate justice. From households to ecosystems, caring practices hold the key to fair, inclusive and sustainable transitions. More info here: www.unrisd.org/en/activitie...

At #COP30, in Belém, governments are deciding whether climate action will truly advance justice and equality. 🌎 Read our full positioning here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

This week, governments gather in Nairobi to shape a new global framework on tax cooperation. 🌍 Our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, Roselyne Adhiambo Onyango, explains why this moment matters: the #UNTaxConvention could transform how wealth is taxed worldwide. 💰

🌍 As major global policy spaces unfold this month, we stand with civil society worldwide to reaffirm that public services are the backbone of equality and justice. 📖 Click here to read more: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...

Africa’s poorest pay the highest price. For every $1 from income tax, nearly $3 come from regressive taxes like VAT. Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich

Brazil took a historic step towards democracy and equality. 🇧🇷

At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️ Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...

At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️ Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...

Next week, diverse organisations will come together at the Second World Summit for Social Development to discuss how reclaiming public education systems can make the right to education a lived reality for all. 📖 🔗 Register to join: bit.ly/3X3i7rI

En el #DíaInternacionalDeLosCuidadosYElApoyo, reafirmamos que el cuidado es un derecho humano y un bien público a través del proyecto “Iniciativas para fortalecer las políticas del cuidado en América Latina y el Caribe”.

🚨 For the first time ever, an African country, South Africa, leads the #G20. The world is watching. Inequality is exploding. This is our moment to demand bold action. Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich.

This Friday, at the OHCHR Social Forum in Geneva, we’ll join partners to discuss how fair taxation and international cooperation can help finance quality public education for all; and why educational reparations must be part of that vision. 🌐🏫 Register here: indico.un.org/event/1010443/