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Maria Ron Balsera

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Human Rights, Fiscal Justice, Education and International Development researcher and activist, PhD, works @cesr.bsky.social Views are my own. RTs not an endorsement.

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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
As we approach the International Day of Education, one fact is clear: underfunding is a political choice. Our Executive Director Dr. @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social lays out why public financing is essential to uphold the right to education and how we get there ⤵️ cesr.org/financing-th...
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Financing the right to education for peace, equality and a Rights‑Based Economy
As governments prepare to mark the International Day of Education on January 24, too many are left behind because of chronic underinvestment. This moment demands a clear shift toward public financin…
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌍 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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ICRICT @icrict.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
"Extreme wealth has been driving inflation in housing prices, distorting democracy, locking in carbon, and fueling cross border tax abuse. There are many negative spillovers of high wealth inequality" - Political Economist Fernanda Balata at #IMFMeetings.
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The majority of the UK’s richest are happy to live here & pay their taxes. But what about the greedy few that use the UK to get rich, then bail when it's time to pay their dues? The UK needs a settling up tax, just like 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇳🇴 🇯🇵. taxjustice.uk/blog/settlin...
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Settling up taxes. Or how to stop billionaires dining and dashing. - Tax Justice UK
The UK should join countries like the US,  France, Germany and Japan and introduce a settling up tax— sometimes known as an exit tax.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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-...
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Reimagining reparations and climate finance for Africa’s future
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
💸 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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Tax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
"Spain was the world’s fastest-expanding major advanced economy last year, outpacing even the US, with GDP up 3.2%. By contrast, growth in the UK and France last year barely scraped above 1%." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
I scored 10/12 on the #TaxTheSuperRich Quiz! Try it too! 👉 caneurope.org/tax-the-supe...
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What do you know about taxing the super-rich?
Are you ready for a challenge? Test your knowledge about taxing the super-rich and see your score! #TaxTheSuperRich
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
2️⃣ 🇰🇪 Kenya issued a strong warning about aligning the Convention with existing frameworks like the OECD’s: “Calling for complementarity is calling for the status quo to remain.” Many Global South states, the African Union and #ATAF echoed this concern.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
❓What happened during Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations? Countries debated three key commitments that could shape the foundation of a just global tax system. ⤵️ Here’s a quick rundown 🧵
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🚨 Our team is in #NYC following the first round of intergovernmental #UNTaxConvention negotiations that kicked off today. Learn why this is a historic moment for #TaxJustice in our FAQs: bit.ly/3UdAvgm
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The #UNTaxConvention negotiations kicked off today. Our new blog maps early State & stakeholder submissions: from taxing rights to fairness, rights, and climate justice. Read what’s at stake ➡️ www.cesr.org/early-signal...
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Early signals: mapping State and stakeholder inputs on the UN Tax Convention
As the UN Tax Convention talks begin, submissions reveal sharp divides while civil society pushes to put rights and justice at the core.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
📅 Monday, Aug 4: A historic moment for global tax justice. 🌍 The first substantive negotiations of the #UNTaxConvention began today, with all Member States reaffirming their commitment to this landmark process. Here are 6 key takeaways from Day 1 ⬇️ #TaxJustice #UNTC
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The global rules of finance must serve human rights—not undermine them. 🎥 Watch highlights from our joint side event at #FfD4 youtube.com/watch?v=SoLb... With @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social, @liznelson13.bsky.social, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social & more Thank you @taxjustice.net for the video!
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Rights-Based Development Finance: A post-Seville agenda
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
How can global economic policy shift from hindering to enabling gender equality? In CESR’s latest blog, our Director of Program @drmariannaleite.bsky.social urges that the 2025 #HLPF and #BeijingPlus30 confront the economic roots of gender inequality. 🔗 Read: www.cesr.org/global-presc...
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Global prescriptions: A constructive view on the review of SDG5 and the Beijing+30 anniversary
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
@cesr.bsky.social my reflections on the last day of the #FFD4 in Seville
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
At the closing ceremony for the #FFD4 Glad that #HumanRightsEcomy had received so much support in so many of the events.
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Powerful words from the King of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, & Guterres on the need to reform IFA to get #FFD in a fair & sustainable way. Promoting #TaxJustice & #DebtJustice to raise the $4Trillion financing gap.
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Antonio Guterres: Debt is unfair, unsustainable & unaffordable. #FFD4 SPA for a debt register, principles of responsible lending & borrowing, cost of capital, & debtor club. It's a matter of Justice, not charity.
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
@jayatighosh.bsky.social International Financial Institutions need to stop: - Being procyclical - Promoting deregulation & privatisation - Forcing fiscal austerity #FFD4 We need #TaxJustice & #DebtJustice @icrict.bsky.social
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Ahead of the #FFD4 We participate in 3 great side events: 1 Public Services and Care Economies 2 Feminist forum 3 FFD4 Civil Society Forum @cesr.bsky.social
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🌍✨ Side Event | Climate Reparations: Advancing Finance and Human Rights for Frontline Communities 📅 Date: June 24 🕘 Time: 16:30 – 17:45 📍 Location: Room Berlin @cesr.bsky.social @larutadelclima.bsky.social @amnesty.org @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @coolearthaction.bsky.social
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
As climate negociations stands at a crossroads, @cesr.bsky.social is present at #SB62 to echo calls for human rights centred climate finance. There is no climate justice without #humanrights. There is no #economicjustice without #climatejustice. #UNTC #DebtJustice @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social
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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 18/06/2025
The European Parliament's rejection of the #FinancingForDevelopment report ahead of #FfD4 undermines #Agenda2030 & weakens the EU's global credibility when multilateral cooperation is ever more vital🇺🇳 📣Read @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social's analysis & call for action feps-europe.eu/reclaiming-m...
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Reclaiming multilateralism: financing for development through a human rights lens - Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Multilateralism today stands at a crossroads. It is confronted by resurgent authoritarianism, geopolitical rivalry, rising […]
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Dr Marianna Leite @drmariannaleite.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
In the coming weeks, we will be part of key global spaces shaping the future of climate and economic justice 💵 Join @cesr.bsky.social at London Climate Action Week, #SB62, #FfD4, and more 🌎 👇🏼https://www.cesr.org/cesr-at-london-climate-action-week-sb62-and-ffd4/ @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social
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Recourse @re-course.org · 17/06/2025
10 years on from the #ParisAgreement, countries are still not agreed on one of its key aims: how to make financial flows consistent with climate-resilient development 💸 Our new briefing sets out the key issues during the #SB62 #JuneClimateMeetings: bit.ly/art2-1c 🧵 more in thread
Photo of Amazon rainforest from on high, showing rivers and forest. Above this, blue text on white background, which says "“Making financial flows consistent  with climate-resilient development”: The role of international financial institutions and standard setters"
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Next Monday: Join us, Oxfam GB, and @christianaiduk.bsky.social at #LCAW2025 to explore how fair finance is essential to a truly just transition. With @jayatighosh.bsky.social, @rosekobusinge.bsky.social, and more! 📡Webinar in French, Spanish & Portuguese. ✏️ Sign up: bit.ly/whopays_
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
As #SB62 opens in Bonn, climate finance is back in the spotlight, and still failing the Global South. #COP29 fell short, offering too little and ignoring equity. It’s time to center human rights in how climate funds are raised and distributed. Read more: bit.ly/4kJFXTP
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The road from Baku to Belem: Advancing a human rights lens to climate finance
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
#FfD4 will set the agenda for how the global economic system will serve #development in the coming years. European governments should show the political will that is needed for #EconomicJustice. The time is now! ⏰ Read our OpEd (@politico.eu): www.politico.eu/sponsored-co...
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Now is the time to rebuild the global economic system
European political will is needed ahead of the UN Financing for Development Conference in Sevilla
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
“Higher tax rates could mean higher rates of happiness, which is why I’m happy to pay more” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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‘High tax could mean higher rates of happiness, which is why I’m happy to pay more’
The fuss being made about 0.3 per cent of millionaires leaving the country if a wealth tax was introduced, while we’re facing the reality of 30 per cent of doctors considering leaving in the next year...
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
🌍 Ahead of #COP30, we join civil society voices across the globe in signing an open letter to Brazil’s incoming presidency. Together, we call for: ✅ Just energy transition ✅ Real climate adaptation ✅ Financial justice ✍️ Endorse here: lnkd.in/e4ijgEvt
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
While the Global South brings urgency and solutions to upcoming #FfD4, Global North governments remain absent in presence & ambition Europe is blocking progress on just debt resolution & democratic tax reform. It’s time to back UN-led financing for development centered on rights. #EraOfJustice
Cityscape of Seville, Spain under clear skies on the left, with bold white text on an orange background on the right reading: "The Global South is showing up for #FfD4. Will European countries step up?" At the bottom right corner is the logo of the Center for Economic and Social Rights.
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
1️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ countries in the #GlobalSouth are critically indebted. 👉#FfD4 won’t be a success without #DebtReform! The #EU’s latest proposal is woefully insufficient, but it’s not too late for @ec.europa.eu & @europarl.europa.eu to support an #EraOfJustice. Get involved! eurodad.org/jubilee_2025_petition
On a yellow background, the words ‘Cancel the debt’ are in the top left corner. Underneath is a square image of a megaphone, taken looking directly into it. The megaphone obscures the person holding it. On a hot pink background in yellow text is written: “No justice without breaking the global chains of debt”
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
We welcome the @europarl.europa.eu #Development Committee's support for a #UNDebtConvention in today's historical #FfD4 vote. The UN is the only 🌍 institution with equal representation & can guarantee that creditors' interests aren't prioritised over the needs of millions of people! A 🧵
3.3 billion people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than on health or education
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Congratulations @drtedros.who.int and all the people who have worked for this Pandemic agreement to be approved without any votes against.
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 19/05/2025
A truly historic evening at the #WHA78: the #PandemicAccord resolution was approved in Committee A with 124 in favour, 0 against and 11 abstentions. The final step: adoption in plenary tomorrow morning. My thanks once again to @who.int Member States for choosing to keep the world safer. 🙏
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus @drtedros.who.int · 20/05/2025
It's official: the #PandemicAccord is officially adopted by the World Health Assembly! My warmest congratulations to @who.int Member States for their commitment to keeping their people and the world safer. What a moment in global health history. Together!
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Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe @caneurope.org · 20/05/2025
💰 26 BILLION EUROS 💰 The amount EU-coordinated tax on profits of fossil fuel industry (aka Solidarity Contribution) raised in 2022/2023: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conten... This makes the case for a permanent tax on profits of this industry. #MakePollutersPay for the destruction they cause!
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
The global debt system is failing—and the upcoming #FfD4 conference in Seville is a rare chance to fix it. We need a UN-led process that puts people and planet before profit. Creditor countries must step up. #DebtJustice #FfD4 #RightsBasedEconomy
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Time for good faith—and real change—on sovereign debt: A call for a UN framework convention
A meaningful outcome at FfD4 requires governments to step up and act in the common interest.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
"The current international financial architecture perpetuates historical injustices and exacerbates global inequalities. #FfD4 presents a critical opportunity to reshape this system through a human rights lens", @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social at #FinancingOurFuture @feps-europe.eu
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FEPS Europe @feps-europe.eu · 13/05/2025
The 1st panel discusses reform of the Global Financial Architecture 🇺🇳🇪🇺 🔸Shari Spiegel UNDESA 🔸Charles K. Maboshe Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in Brussels 🔸 @barryandrewsmep.bsky.social @reneweurope.bsky.social 🔸 @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social 🔸Maria João Rodrigues FEPS Pres
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European Network on Debt and Development - Eurodad @eurodadnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Public finance can help achieve the #GlobalGoals, eradicate hunger & poverty, and fight for #GenderEquality & the #climate. ❓@ec.europa.eu, will you support reforms on ✅ Sovereign #debt ✅ #UNTaxConvention ✅ Development cooperation? #FfD4 ow.ly/n0nx50VJyam cc. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
EU Leaders,
A fairer global financial system is possible. Seize this opportunity!

#FfD4
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
“Sovereign debt restructuring today lacks fairness, coherence & predictability—shaped by creditor-dominated, ad hoc processes that fail to prioritize people’s rights or countries’ obligations to them” our Global Partnerships Lead, Mahinour El Badrawi #FfD4People
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Maria Ron Balsera @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
At the UNU-IIGH & TWN symposium on Strengthening Global Health Governance. Defending the public Interest & Holding Powerful Private Actors Accountable. Follow live from KL: go.unu.edu/EwnoC
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
The sovereign debt crisis is a human rights issue, and it’s time we treat it like one. Join us as we launch a new paper series w/ @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, #ZaneDangor, and a powerhouse panel. 📡 Online: bit.ly/3Ymwmt1 📍 DC: bit.ly/3YmylNZ
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Can sovereign debt restructuring uphold human rights and economic justice? Join @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, Zane Dangor & more for a bold conversation on rethinking the rules. 🔊 Join us online (bit.ly/3Ymwmt1) or in person in DC (bit.ly/3YmylNZ) 📅 Apr 21 | 3–5 PM ET
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
We welcome the UN's Human Rights Council recent resolution on #ESCRights, which strengthens the link between human rights and fiscal policy 💪 It represents meaningful progress in recognizing tax justice as essential to fulfilling states’ human rights obligations. Our analysis in full ⬇️
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States adopt UN resolution to further rights-enabling economic policies
The Human Rights Council’s new resolution on economic, social and cultural rights strengthens the link between human rights and fiscal policy
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
💡 30 years after Beijing, are we still settling for symbolic commitments on gender equality? Our latest blog reflects on #CSW69 and calls for binding, financed, intersectional rights frameworks to move forward. Read and share ⤵️
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Charting the path beyond Beijing+30: reflections on CSW69 and the need for transformative change
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Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 26/03/2025
2) A #UNTaxConvention will change the way the international tax system works. Because when tax havens enable companies and very wealthy people to dodge their fair share of tax, people suffer. And that's not inevitable, it's a political choice.
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Do it like a tax haven: deny 24,000 children an education to send 2 to school - Tax Justice Network
New research in PLOS Global Public Health reveals the impact of profit shifting from Nigeria on Nigerian human rights and European tax havens.
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Center for Economic and Social Rights @cesr.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Will #FfD4 in Seville deliver real change—or reinforce the status quo? We analyzed the conference's First Draft and we break down: 🔸 What’s in the draft—and what’s missing 🔸 Why civil society must step up now to push for real change Read in full ⤵️
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All roads lead to Seville: why FfD4 matters for civil society and economic justice
We have reviewed FfD4’s First Draft—the preliminary version of the Conference’s outcome document now under negotiation. Like many of our allies, we see some welcome progress, but remain concerned th…
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