History in the making! 🚀 Just before #FFD4Sevilla, where 10,000 minds will unite to forge economic policies, we at Human Rights Watch unveil a database of UN statements on taxation. Check out the findings, and look for what it says about your country. 🌍 hrw.org/news/2025/06/2…

Treaty body recommendations dive deep into tax policy, scrutinizing revenue adequacy, design aspects like progressivity, and the broader impact on diverse groups and rights. They also tackle procedural concerns, emphasizing transparency and participation in policymaking.

Dive right into our open database! 🌍 Instantly search by country, theme, or more on this Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

And to warm up for the conference, we're organizing with 10 partners a day-long conference tomorrow highlighting the links between taxation, public services, and development. More information to join us here! 🌐 gi-escr.org/en/ffd4financi…

Hope to see those in Geneva at this important event next week

“It’s appalling that President Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires” Matt McConnell of Human Rights Watch on the catastrophe budget the senate just passed hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…

“It’s appalling that President Donald J. Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires." More from Human Rights Watch 👇 hrw.org/news/2025/07/0… #NotOnOurWatch

Untaxed wealth means underfunded public services. We need to act urgently on #CompromisodeSevilla & reform global tax rules for a human rights economy that prioritizes people & planet over profits! #FFD4 #HumanRights

The future of money is being decided — and that future should put human rights first. Human Rights Watch is at the International Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain. Listen to Matt McConnell's dispatch ⤵️

#Ethiopian doctor Daniel Fentaneh, detained for almost 2 weeks on politically motivated charges, following health workers’ strike. Gov’t should drop charges, end clampdown & meaningfully engage with grievances Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/0…

Human rights defenders rally to support UN expert on Palestinian rights Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt after US imposed sanctions on her for criticizing #Israel. - Emma Farge Reuters Among those urging US to reverse course: Human Rights Watch Volker Türk Kenneth Roth Liz Evenson 👉 reuters.com/business/aeros…

Regardless of whether we agree with a UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur’s views, Belgium will always defend the independence of the UN Special Procedures and oppose any attempt to intimidate United Nations mandate holders. We deeply regret the decision to put sanctions on UN Special Rapporteur

🚨TODAY UN high-level conference on #palestine Human Rights Watch 📢UN members: commit to concrete actions 🕑Timebound measures 🎯Targeted sanctions 🚫Arms embargoes 👎Suspend preferential trade agreements ⚖️Support ICC arrest warrants ➡️end impunity for Israeli crimes tinyurl.com/4e5f2ndf

More platitudes about a 2-state solution & peace process will do nothing to advance the conference’s goals, nor to halt the extermination of Palestinians in Gaza.

#Ethiopian parliamentarians should reject the fed govt's draft changes to the civil society law that can be used to further intimidate & weaken #Ethiopia's few remaining indpt voices just as the country gears up for national elections in June 2026 New Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/07/2…

🚨Breaking!!! Govt's decision 2 ban Palestine Action under terrorism law will be reviewed by Courts. The Govt's decision is a grave abuse of state power & a terrifying escalation in this government's crusade to curtail protest rights. tinyurl.com/4an6z7xy

Breaking: new Human Rights Watch report finds that Israel's regular gunning down of Palestinians it is starving are war crimes & that lethal GHF mechanism has turned aid distribution into regular bloodbaths—govts should act to stop Israel's extermination of Palestinians hrw.org/news/2025/08/0…

The #ADF massacre in Ituri province highlights the need for improved #DRCongo army and UN response and protection of civilians. New communique for Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2025/08/0…

🚨 Broken bones. Amputated finger. Loss of vision. Concussions. Deep lacerations. Law enforcement responded to protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles with deliberate brutality, in clear violation of int'l human rights law. NEW Human Rights Watch report: hrw.org/news/2025/08/1…

Brazil's Incra should publicly reject a proposal to downsizing the sustainable resettlement PDS Terra Nossa, in the Amazon. If approved, this proposal would reward illegal land-grabbers with impunity and leave residents vulnerable to violence. shorturl.at/gwuM6