Center for Economic and Social Rights
@cesr.bsky.social
We are an international organization harnessing the power of human rights. Our goal: To build an economy that works for people & the planet.
"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
November 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"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...
Our Research & Policy Lead @emimamberti.bsky.social will take the floor soon
📺 Follow live: www.youtube.com/live/OgnzSsl...
IACHR Hearings
YouTube video by Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos
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November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
📢 [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...
Our Research & Policy Lead @emimamberti.bsky.social will take the floor soon
📺 Follow live: www.youtube.com/live/OgnzSsl...
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“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”
November 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“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. 🧵
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. 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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. 🧵
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
✏️ Register at bit.ly/47X6R5m
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📆 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
✏️ 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.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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 ⤵️🧵
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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
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
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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
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
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
COP30 is billed as the “Implementation COP”: will this year’s annual summit deliver the tangible action we need?
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November 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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
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
📷: CSOs (including @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social ) & UN delegates via @latindadd.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🌍 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
📷: 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
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
Key Voices | Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky: freedom, inequality, and the power of narrating a different economy
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November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
“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
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. 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
🌍 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. 🧵
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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.
@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.
NEW REPORT: As the G20 approaches its 20th summit, a new independent assessment finds it has failed to tackle inequality and deliver economic justice.
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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.
@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. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌍 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
🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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
🔎 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
Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda!
📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut
Redirecting...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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
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...
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
A new mandate for equality: G20’s landmark report opens space for rights-based global cooperation
The first G20 report on global inequality warns of an “inequality emergency” and calls for a new international panel to coordinate action. For CESR, it offers a chance to turn recognition into lasti…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌍 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...
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
Join us today! ⬇️
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
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
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join us today! ⬇️
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
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
Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.
More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...
#CancelTheDebt
From repayment to repair: global movements are reclaiming debt justice
www.cesr.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
✊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
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
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
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"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.
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"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
@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️
#CSPF2025
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🌍 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
@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
#TaxThePower
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
#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-...
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
Reimagining reparations and climate finance for Africa’s future
www.cesr.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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-...
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
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“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...
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow
www.cesr.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“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