🌍💸Taxing extreme wealth could raise $2.6 trillion a year for #ClimateFinance. The real obstacle to climate finance isn’t missing money – it’s governments shielding the super-rich from tax. 🔗 bit.ly/44sk8kJ 🔗 bit.ly/4esxKkq #ClimateJustice #WealthTax

María, a 41-year-old Indigenous Maya woman from #Guatemala lives without access to running water. Like María, millions of Guatemalans face a daily struggle for water and lack access to a dignified sanitation service. Read Lisa Maier in the Daily Brief: hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

If you're not at the table, you're on the menu This week, Human Rights Watch joined partners from around the world at #FfD4 in Sevilla, Spain to pressure governments, banks, and agencies to put human rights first Watch a quick summary 👇

L'avenir de la finance est en train de se décider et cet avenir doit donner la priorité aux droits humains. Human Rights Watch participe à la Conférence internationale sur le financement du développement à Séville, en Espagne. Matt McConnell nous explique les enjeux ⤵

'We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both" Louis D. Brandeis

#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…

Excited to share this new piece on why Human Rights Watch is calling for gender apartheid to be recognized as a crime under international law. This comes after long & careful discussion w/many colleagues about if there is need for such a law and any potential downsides. justsecurity.org/116780/gender-…

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=SoLb4B… With MariaRonBalsera.bsky.social Leonor Zalabata Camila Barretto Maia liz nelson @liznelson13.bsky.social Sylvain Aubry Thanks Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net for the video!

"Among the agreed initiatives, we highlight the support for the initiative to form a coalition that promotes and facilitates the establishment of progressive and fair taxation" Great support for the coalition to tax the super rich at #DemocraciaSiempre gov.br/mre/pt-br/cana…

“Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves can position the UK as a progressive leader on the world stage. We urge them to work collaboratively with the international community to ensure that the super-rich pay their fair share, wherever they reside.” Jayati Ghosh theguardian.com/business/2025/…

The Taliban have deepened their repression since taking over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, by intensifying restrictions on the rights of women and girls, detaining journalists, and silencing all dissent, Human Rights Watch said today. hrw.org/news/2025/08/0…

Had a great convo with Rosie Bultman of KCSB-FM 91.9 and my Human Rights Watch colleague Sarah Saadoun about the Trump admin's terrible budget bill and how it will make ordinary people pay for tax cuts for the rich with their health Take a listen 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

New Jersey's proposed rule codifying the ABC test is a critical step toward addressing worker misclassification - including in the platform economy, where millions are denied their rights. Human Rights Watch strongly supports the rule by NJ Labor Department. Read our letter: hrw.org/news/2025/08/0…

💡 A historic ruling: for the first time, the Inter-American Court recognises the human right to care. This sets a precedent that will transform policies, strengthen public systems and place people at the centre. Read it here: corteidh.or.cr/OC-31-2025/ind…

Watching states negotiate the first-ever UN tax treaty was a window into geopolitical shifts - and a ray of hope for changing tax rules that deprive all governments of revenues for the benefit of the wealthiest: new from Human Rights Watch: hrw.org/news/2025/08/2…

.Sarah Saadoun/Sylvain Aubry: "In a world of extreme inequality, mounting economic pressures on governments, and a fractured multilateral system, the negotiations for a UN tax treaty offer a ray of hope." hrw.org/news/2025/08/2…

The US fossil fuel industry is using the EU-US trade deal to undermine an EU law requiring companies to reduce their climate impacts and tackle corporate abuses worldwide. European parliamentarians should fight back: hrw.org/news/2025/08/2…

"The super-rich in Brazil 🇧🇷 pay just 20% of their income in taxes, whilst the average Brazilian pay 42%” New study presented by Gabriel Zucman to Fernando Haddad reveals unsustainable level of inequality in one of the most unequal countries in the world. #TaxThePower

Inequality and oligarchic power are rising worldwide. On October 1 in Paris 🇫🇷, #ICRICT’s Jose Antonio Ocampo, Magdalena Sepúlveda Carmona, Martín Guzmán & Ricardo Martner — moderated by Braulio Moro — will debate what’s at stake. ⏰6:30 PM 📍MaisonAmériquelatine Learn more: mal217.org/fr/agenda/fisc… #TaxThePower

"Thanks to the work of diabetes patient advocates like T1International ... World Health Organization (WHO) lists now recommend that all governments should ensure that [insulin analogs] are made available “at prices individuals and health systems can afford." More from Human Rights Watch 👇 hrw.org/news/2025/09/1…