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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 12d

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 ⤵️

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Reimagining reparations and climate finance for Africa’s future

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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 14d

“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

Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14d

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...

Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow

www.cesr.org

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 15d

⤵️ @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 🌍

Oil Change International @oilchange.bsky.social · 15d

Our NEW research shows we can pay for a just transition:

🤑Tax the super rich - $3.5 tn
⛽Make polluters pay - $1.1 tn
✅Fair corporate taxes - $1.1 tn
⚖️Cancel unfair public debt - $608 bn
⚔️Cut public military budgets - $280 bn

More details ➡️ oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/

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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 15d

“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

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Sep 2

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...

New guide: Decoding Climate Finance

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 27

💸 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...

New guide: Decoding Climate Finance

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 26

💸 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...

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 19

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

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

🔎 Watch this space for more in-depth learnings from the #UNTC negotiations next week ❗️

Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

9️⃣ What’s next? Workstream leads will draft text for discussion in Nairobi, where negotiations will enter a deeper phase. States will consider concrete proposals on dispute prevention, tax and sustainable development, #HightNetWorthIndividuals, and transparency mechanisms 📌

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

8️⃣Civil society warned that excluding CSOs from online intersessionals goes against Paragraph 21 of the ToR and risks weakening the process

🔸 Transparency and inclusive participation are essential for legitimacy.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

7️⃣ Discussions were rich, but clear divides remain between Global North and South—especially on capacity building and reliance on existing models.

One thing is clear: the current transfer pricing system is not working. It fuels disputes, creates uncertainty, and erodes renevue.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

6️⃣ Key lesson: In Week 2, many countries warned that fragmenting substance into separate optional protocols could weaken the Convention. There’s growing support for including more in the Framework Convention itself.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

5️⃣ Nigeria, Zambia, and Brazil criticised the OECD’s “Amount B” approach for offering unattractive margins and ignoring local realities. They noted it’s been unappealing in practice and not a viable solution ❌

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

4️⃣ Austria and Sweden noted existing OECD work (incl. with ATAF), but said uptake by developing countries has been limited. Sweden warned a new UN database could take too long ⏳ Estonia raised cybersecurity concerns.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

3️⃣ Global South countries (Nigeria, Zambia, Lesotho, Senegal, Algeria, Cameroon) raised the high cost and poor regional coverage of commercial TP databases. MNEs often have better access than tax authorities 💰 They called for public or regional databases.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

2️⃣ Countries were asked to share effective fact-finding tools. Mauritius and Kenya flagged that differences between legal systems affect what evidence is admissible ⚖️ Suggestions included expert opinions, witness depositions, and better investigative methods.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

1️⃣ Substantive sessions ended today. They’ll resume in November in Nairobi. Day 10 focused on WSIII (Protocol II – Dispute Prevention and Resolution), specifically information asymmetry and access to transfer pricing data.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 15

📅 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 ⤵️

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 14

🔟 Discussions continue tomorrow as the workstream begins shaping a toolbox of prevention and resolution tools 🧰 The goal is to define default rules, minimum standards, and shared options ahead of the third negotiating session in #Nairobi this November 🗓️

Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · Aug 14

9️⃣ CSOs also cited 165 ISDS tax cases that undermine tax sovereignty and criticised APAs as sweetheart deals seen in scandals like #LuxLeaks and Apple 📂 They urged public Country-by-Country Reporting, simpler rules and a COP mandate for unitary reform.

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