This is amazing let’s hope other creditors will pause and reflect on this…data is important if the amount and terms of the agreement can be shared that would be so helpful #Zimbabwe #China University of Nairobi UN Special Procedures

China has written off an unspecified amount of Zimbabwe's interest-free loans and pledged to help the country find a way out of its debt crisis. theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business/c…

#StopIMFSurcharges
Element the harmful policy now #SpringMeetings2024 IMF

Funded traineeships for young graduates at the EU Delegation/Office to Kenya
Deadline: April 22
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Note: Each selected trainee will receive a monthly grant to cover living expenses.

Internship in the ILO Administrative Tribunal
Deadline: April 29
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Note: You will receive a stipend of 2450 CHF per month from the ILO, unless you receive funding through another institution

As the Spring meetings in Washington DC bring together the suits once again, here's an insightful thread on the current role of the IMF.

Concerns about IFC healthcare investments potentially undermining #UHC were also echoed by UN special rapporteurs Attiya Waris & Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng who asked IEG - WB Group to evaluate IFC’s role in healthcare provision & to reconsider this financing approach
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Taming the Tyranny of the Barons: Administrative Law and the Regulation of Power' - A must-attend Inaugural Lecture by Prof. Migai Akech on April 26, 2:00 pm at Taifa Hall
Register in advance: bit.ly/LectureProfMig…

Migai Akech University of Nairobi
#WeareUoN #DiscourseatUoN

So delighted to speak with such an engaged student body was fabulous discussion with you class Lécia Vicente, PhD and honoured and excited to see my paper on #solidarity #taxes NYU Center on International Cooperation and #10truths are on the course outline Steven Dean University of Nairobi Committee on Fiscal Studies - CFS

Delighted Prof. Attiya Waris will deliver a lecture on Thru, April 4, in the course I teach in Italy this sem.

Prof. Waris is a distinguished academic w/ an impressive background, serving as UN Independent Expert on Foreign Debt & Human Rights, among other notable positions.

Explaining the #debt cycle United Nations Human Rights Council University of Nairobi
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#HRC55 | Draft resolution A/HRC/55/L.5 on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights was ADOPTED.

#HRC55 | Le projet de résolution A/HRC/55/L.5 sur les effets de la dette extérieure et des obligations financières internationales connexes des États sur le plein exercice de tous les droits de l'homme, en particulier des droits économiques, sociaux et culturels est ADOPTÉ

'Come to the table with kindness and openness & make the poorest person in the world less poor than they are today' - Attiya Waris, Independent Expert on foreign debt, urges the int'l community at #HRC55 .

undocs.org/en/A/HRC/55/54

Calling outstanding students to become part of this amazing African human rights network!

⛔Application deadline: 31 April 2024
Visit chr.up.ac.za/hrda to apply!

#HRDA #HumanRightsEducation #HumanRightsInAfrica

Pressure growing on PwC over its refusal to cooperate, following the revelations that its staff repeatedly compromised the confidentiality of government documents on tax policy

This is big - the UN's independent expert on debt and human rights Attiya Waris has a strong message for Carl E. Heastie Sen. Stewart-Cousins Governor Kathy Hochul: pass the Sovereign Debt Stability Act.

#USA 🇺🇸: UN expert Attiya Waris welcomes New York State Legislature debate on Sovereign Debt Stability Bill, which, if enacted, will help nations in default to embark on quicker economic recovery.

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3 new @UN_SPexperts mandate holders will be appointed at the next Human Rights Council #HRC56

🔹SR Iran
🔹WG transnational corporations and other business enterprises
🔹WG use of mercenaries

Apply before 8 April:
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