International debt experts at the UN #FfDForum are clearly calling for debt legislation to be agreed in New York and the UK to compel private creditors to the table in debt relief negotiations - it's an essential ingredient in the recipe of debt justice!

The research was published by the GRADE project at the universities of St Andrews and Leicester medicine.st-andrews.ac.uk/grade/

Meeting in #Parliament? What should you wear? How should you get there? How to get MPs to care about debt? 1. Get thousands of people to write to the MPs ✅ 2. Get your briefing ready ✅ 3. Record the process ✅ Here's our Heidi Chow taking you through it all. Sound on!

Congratulations Co-operatives UK, such a trailblazer for the movement 👏

NEWS: UN General Assembly adopts resolution demanding that Israel brings to an end its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory without delay and within the next 12 months. news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

'taxation is a human rights issue' Surya Deva 9:30

Human rights are the foundation of effective governance and of international cooperation, Türk highlights at the Summit of the Future shar.es/agGDki

"Debt is the millstone around the neck of developing countries — stifling their potential [&] robbing [them] of much-needed funds for health, education & social spending" 🇿🇦 Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 calls to reform global financial architecture & lift the South from "quicksand of debt"

⚡Three British tax havens—the British Virgin Islands, Cayman, and Bermuda—continue to hold the top three spots on the Corporate Tax Haven Index, posing the biggest threat to countries’ public finances. taxjustice.net/press/tax-have…

HAPPENING NOW: Day 1 of the 3-day Interdisciplinary Consortium for Epidemic Research Symposium on #Mpox. Research is an integral aspect of any pandemic response Makerere University Lung Institute Bruce Kirenga Mudarshiru Bbuye🇺🇬 Hellen Onyango University of St Andrews University of St Andrews Research & Impact

Thank you so much Eva for a wonderful interview, helping us understand better how the climate emergency is impacting children in Uganda EVA LAKER Winters Muttamba Themba 🇺🇬🇷🇼 Wilber Sabiiti Climate Action Network Uganda St Andrews Open Research School of Medicine ISSOP.org International Child Health Group RCPCH

With the Australian Senate set to vote on world-leading corporate tax transparency, international civil society orgs & leading economists have written to the Independent senators whose votes could be pivotal in resisting wild corporate lobbying. #PCBCR taxjustice.net/press/global-c…

Sharing the innovations we are doing in Malawi!

📢 EIGHTY years of devastating #IMF & #WorldBank policies have led to debt crises & inequality for lower-income countries. Join the Global Days of Action against the IMF-World Bank ✊🏾 Sign the statement bit.ly/GDOASignOn #StopTheHarm #CancelTheDebt #GDoA2024 #YouOweUs

Private lenders are raking in BILLIONS – and much more than other lenders – after debt negotiations are finalised Our research in the FT today shows private lenders are doing the bare minimum to get countries out of debt crisis debtjustice.org.uk/canceldebt ft.com/content/7eda28…

📢 Highlighting the crucial link between economic justice and human rights! 🎯 Join us today at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights to discuss how tax & debt justice can transform financing for the right to education in Africa. #TaxPaysForEducation #TaxJustice #ACHPR81OS

Proposals being discussed by gov'ts to clamp down on global #TaxAbuse and apply a small #WealthTax on the superrich can protect the rights of millions of children around the world to an #education. New report out today. #LeadingSDG4 Carolina Finette taxjustice.net/press/tax-refo…

At UN Human Rights Council #SocialForum2024, we confront the reality that over 40% of people live in countries spending more on debt servicing than education or health. This is a failure of human rights. We must overhaul the global financial system to ensure development finance benefits all.

Delighted to have our paper published in Scientific Reports rdcu.be/dZf9l We show how human genes specifically switched on to fight off TB infection can be used as diagnostic tool Ritah Nakiboneka Derek Sloan Infection St Andrews Dr Marriott Nliwasa Chisomo Msefula School of Medicine

📍2 years ago I posted a tweet celebrating that I had been accepted into the University of Oxford MSc Taxation course—this weekend I was thrilled to celebrate my graduation surrounded by friends and family. A huge thank you to everyone who supported me on my journey 🙏🏾