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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 23h

If you are not at the table you are on the menu!

“The international tax rules were not made for us or by us. Transforming the international tax system is critical to ensuring an equal footing and rules where African priorities are reflected.”

- Everlyn Muendo, Tax Justice Network Africa

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 23h

“The UN Framework Convention is a fresh start. It is a historic opportunity to change broken and outdated global tax rules and governance for good."

- Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ
🇺🇳 #UNTaxConvention

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 23h

Decolonising the Global Tax Architecture: Charting a New Economic Future

At #PAC2025 speakers highlighted the significance of the UN Tax Convention negotiations, a process which began due to the leadership of the Africa Group.

Africanising the Debt Crisis in a Reparations Framework | Part 1- Tax Justice through reparations

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 17d

💡 Reparations, Debt, and Global Tax Reform

"Global tax reform through a #UNTaxConvention is about transforming an unjust system into one that rebuilds and restores."
- Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator, at #AfCoDDV

📹 Watch more: bit.ly/429Kgk2

In Part 1 of "Power, Politics & People: Africanising the Debt Crisis in a Reparations Framework" Derej Alemayehu, the Executive Coordinator of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, frames international tax reform as a form of reparative justice for Africa. He explains how modern profit‑shifting, tax avoidance, illicit financial flows, and debt are continuations of colonial plunder, and why a UN‑led tax convention, democratic global tax governance, and coordinated African unity are essential to restore fiscal sovereignty and stop resource drain. Highlights: Why tax reform = reparations, not just revenue The link between tax, debt and systemic injustice The Africa Group’s role in pushing UN tax negotiations How transforming rules and governance can rebuild fiscal sovereignty

Tax Justice Around the World #14 | Highlights from GATJ's Members - Global Tax Justice

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 23d

From a feminist tax justice training in Accra to the #UNTaxConvention negotiations in New York, GATJ and our members continue to advance the global fight for tax justice!

🗞️ Read the latest updates from the tax justice movement: bit.ly/3VZkFXf

#TaxJustice #MakeTaxesWorkForWomen

Updates and activities from the global tax justice movement.

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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 24d

📢 #ChangeTheSystem

Around the world, we are coming together to #DrawTheLine and demand a system that works for people and the planet!

This world is ours! Join the movement: drawtheline.world

Image of a poster reading "change the system through an equitable and just transition."

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 24d

🛑 #EndInequalities across and within countries

Democratize our global economic governance and create fair, just, and redistributive systems!

Get involved: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine

Image of a poster reading "end inequalities across and within countries."

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 24d

💸 #FundTheFuture

Tax multinational corporations and the rich. It’s time to deliver quality public services, climate finance, and sustainable, equitable economies!

Take part in the actions: drawtheline.world
#DrawTheLine

Image of a poster reading "fund the future not the crisis!"

Meet the Global Tax Body!

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Sep 5

History was in the making at the #UN last month as negotiations began for the future #UNTaxConvention. While important progress was made, @toveryding.bsky.social explains that much still needs to be resolved- not least on taxation & #SustainableDevelopment.
Read more www.eurodad.org/breaking_the...

History was in the making at @UN last month as negotiations began for the future #UNTaxConvention. While important progress was made, @toveryding explains that much still needs to be resolved- not least on taxation & #SustainableDevelopment.
Read more 👉 https://www.eurodad.org/breaking_the_ice_in_the_un_tax_convention_negotiations

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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · Sep 4

🤔How is it that multinational corps & rich individuals can dodge taxes, while #PublicServices & the environmental crisis go unfunded?

👉Because the global #tax rules are broken.

Right now, we have the chance to rewrite these rules, thanks to the #GlobalTaxBody! youtu.be/BEoh0Jno1zg

Every year, countries lose €100s of billions due to tax havens & loopholes, but it doesn’t have to be this way.For over 10 years, civil society has been figh...

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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 25d

🚨 Ensemble, nous #DrawTheLine

Ce monde est à nous ! Face aux inégalités et aux injustices, nous nous unissons pour #ChangeTheSystem

Participez aux actions : drawtheline.world

5th Edition of the African Conference on Debt and Development - 27th August 2025

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 25d

🚨 Juntxs, nosotrxs #DrawTheLine

¡Este mundo es nuestrx! Frente a las desigualdades e injusticias, nos unimos para #ChangeTheSystem

Únete a las acciones: drawtheline.world

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · 25d

🚨 Together, we #DrawTheLine

This world is ours! In the face of inequalities and injustices, we are uniting to #ChangeTheSystem

Join the actions: drawtheline.world

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 29

🌍📢 In Accra, civil society and trade unions are united to demand debt justice now!

GATJ stands alongside allies and members at the Pan-African Rally for Debt Cancellation and Trade Justice ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽

#AfCoDDV #StopTheBleeding #AfricaRuleMaker #AfricaReparativeDebtJustice

Image of a group of people wearing "Debt Cancellation Now!" shirts.

Image of a woman holding posters for debt justice.

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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

Follow along the conversation at #AfCoDDV here:

www.youtube.com/live/FDvmANh...

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Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

At #AfCoDDV, Jane Nalunga, SEATINI Uganda Executive Director and GATJ Coordinating Committee Member, spoke upon the link between debt and the unjust global trade system which continues to extract resources and people from Africa.

#StopTheBleeding #AfricaReparativeDebtJustice

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

“Reforming the global tax rules & democratizing global tax governance is a piece of reparative justice. Africa’s work for a #UNTaxConvention should be part of ending systemic exploitation & repairing systemic harm.”

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator at #AfCoDDV

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

"Africa has been a rule taker, not a rule maker. The OECD—a club of wealthy countries—has dominated this field, imposing rules while countries of the Global South were sidelined."

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator, speaking at #AfCoDDV
#AfricaRuleMaker

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

"The economic exploitation of Africa did not end with formal colonialism. It continued under new guises: give away investment agreements, tax-related illicit financial flows, debilitating debt burdens."

-Dr. Dereje Alemayehu, GATJ Executive Coordinator
#AfCoDDV #StopTheBleeding

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 28

🌍 Africa's Debt Crisis: A Reparations and Reparative Justice Framework Analysis

GATJ is at #AfCoDDV speaking on the role of international tax reform for reparative justice. The UN Tax Convention is a historic opportunity to #StopTheBleeding and ensure #AfricaRuleMaker

The Global Tax Body: A Biography

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 17

What are the origins of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations?

For over a decade, GATJ has pushed for a Global Tax Body to create an inclusive and effective international tax system.

Watch the history of the Global Tax Body now! bit.ly/3UtCwoM

Meet the Global Tax Body. They first appeared on the campaign trail in 2015, calling for the UN to adopt them. Over the last decade, they have been a prominent figure in the fight for fair, effective and progressive tax rules. Find out more, visit: http://www.globaltaxjustice.org/un-tax-convention-now/

Civil Society Applauds the Start of the UN Negotiations for a Global Tax Convention - Global Tax Justice

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 17

The start of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations from August 4 - 15 in New York began key discussions on rewriting the global tax rules for sustainable development.

➡️Read GATJ's reaction to the start of this historic process: bit.ly/3Hze02B

From August 4 - 15, the negotiations began on the historic UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 17

🇺🇳 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations | Second Session

At the close of the session, civil society shared an FfD Chronicle on what happened, the need for civil society inclusion, and what is next.

🗞️ Read it in English, Spanish, and French: bit.ly/47ysLNE

Image of the chronicle as linked in tweet.

Global Alliance for Tax Justice @globaltaxjustice.org · Aug 17

On tax dispute resolution, Sylvain Aubry (Human Rights Watch and speaking with GATJ) intervened:

“Arbitration undermines the tax rights and sovereignty of all states, in the Global North and Global South, to the benefit of a select group of companies.”