Great panel to start the #EndAusterity activism festival We need a people's led shake of the international financial architecture, #cancelTheDebt, multilateral debt workout mechanism and a #UNTaxConvention to break the cycle between debt and austerity and the financial dependency

Well, all I can say is Hooray! Bloody well deserved. Claudia Goldin wins Nobel economics prize for work on gender pay gap theguardian.com/world/2023/oct…

Very disappointing that World Bank is declining to speak at this event. Bank staff say they’re limited by the IMF on these issues, IMF say they rely on Bank expertise: having both institutions represented on the same panel would’ve been a chance to finally have a real discussion.

📢 Don't miss Friday's event by Financial Transparency Coalition & other CSOs at #AMCSO23 on how IMF #austerity policies fail to address negative social impacts & what IMF and #WorldBank should do instead, as World Bank IMF #AnnualMeetings continue this week. Full schedule➡️shorturl.at/lzFL8

LOOK Lidy Nacpil of APMDD & #FightInequality serves as a member of the jury @ Global Tribunal on #IMF & #WB listens to testimonies & #PeoplesAlternatives and recalls history of #Debt and injustices in South Africa,Malawi, Zambia,and more.

Link to the report if #BizHumanRights community has not yet seen it: ohchr.org/en/documents/t… As a follow up, I plan to develop policy briefs on "business models" for inclusive & sustainable development Nicola Jägers Tara Van Ho European Coalition for Corporate Justice Matti Kohonen Namit Agarwal Nicolás Perrone

When I tell people children are being slaughtered, and they want to know which children before moving into outrage mode or justification mode - that mentality, that conditional humanity, is exactly the problem.

Humanitarian law is to be respected, especially in Gaza. Please, let no more innocent blood be shed, neither in the Holy Land nor in Ukraine, nor in any other place! Enough! Wars are always a defeat, always!

“International humanitarian law exists for a reason. Its overarching aim is to protect civilians; all civilians, everywhere. The rules are clear and they apply to all parties to all conflicts everywhere; state actor and non-state actors alike.”

Drawing on interviews with activists, indigenous leaders, AML experts, and gov. officials in 🇵🇪, 🇨🇴, and 🇺🇸, FACT's latest report shows how financial secrecy contributes to 🌍environmental🌍 crimes in the Amazon. Join us for tomorrow's launch event: thefactcoalition.org/report-launch-…

“We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire” - OCHA, CARE International, Christian Aid, ICVA, InterAction, IOM, Mercy Corps, OHCHR, Save the Children, UNDP, UNFPA, UNHCR, UN Habitat, UNICEF, UN Women, WFP, and WHO. interagencystandingcommittee.org/about-inter-ag…

"In global tax negotiations, we must have a space that is accessible on an equal basis to all countries to participate in setting the rules of the game. It's only the United Nations that can offer that", says our commissioner Irene Ovonji-Odida #Tax4SDGs2023

📢 Apoyar la propuesta del #GrupoÁfrica para una #ConvenciónFiscalONU es una responsabilidad global. ¡Expresamos nuestro respaldo en el Segundo Comité de la Asamblea General de la @ONU! #GrupoÁfrica #UNTaxConvention #TaxJustice #JusticiaFiscal

🔴 "Those owning commercial fishing vessels accused of forced labour mostly hide behind complex, cross-jurisdictional corporate structures ranging from shell companies to opaque joint ventures," says Financial Transparency Coalition ED Matti Kohonen in Inter Press Service. 📎 Full story 👇 ipsnews.net/2023/11/forced…

📌Iniciamos el XII Encuentro Regional con Administraciones Tributarias sobre Fiscalidad Internacional organizado por @Latindadd Secretaría Ejecutiva y la Receita Federal con el apoyo de Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net Fundacion SES Red de Justicia Fiscal ALC y Norad. Estamos en la ciudad de #Brasilia 🇧🇷

Forced labour is a money laundering offence, and a major reason for opening up beneficial ownership registries. New report by FTC and members shows the extent of forced labour on commercial fishing vessels, unraveling companies and beneficial owners responsible (where possible).

Ahora estamos en el panel "Tributación de la industria extractiva y fuga de capitales– sector minero y pesquero", con participación de Jaqueline Taquiri, asesora política en Fiscalidad e Industrias Extractivas en IGF Mining, quien expone sobre la "Determinación del precio de los

Less than a month left until #CoSP10: here's a reminder of #BeneficialOwnership #transparency (BOT) related events. Up first: join us on Wed (1500-1530 UTC) to discuss why interoperable data is so important for improving BOT (#OOCoSP). #UnitedAgainstCorruption #UNCAC20

In Louisiana, our data helped a coalition reform one of the nation's most notorious tax breaks. The reforms are on track to return to residents over $1 billion EVERY year. With your support, we can do this in communities everywhere: goodjobsfirst.org/support-us/?so…

#HumanRightsDay Widespread denials of economic, social, and cultural rights are rooted in the global economic system’s unjust distribution of resources and power. We need a Rights Based Economy! #HumanRights75 #StandUp4HumanRights