After four sessions of (sometimes heated) discussions, the #UNtaxConvention negotiations are now entering crunch time. We've just submitted to the UN our written input as a negotiations stakeholder. Here's a summary of what we submitted. taxjustice.net/2026/04/03/u...
Divided, the Global South cannot influence the #UNTaxConvention.
#ICRICT's José Antonio Ocampo & Verónica Grondona participated in discussions on building coordinated positions ahead of the August UN.org session.
🤝 Bridging #PTLAC, the #AfricanUnion & #Asia is the strategy.
#TaxThePower
Tax rules shape whether States can raise and mobilise sufficient public resources to fulfil human rights. 🌍 Ahead of the next phase of negotiations on the #UNTaxConvention, we contributed to three civil society submissions to Workstream I:
Allons-y, les Belges et nous tous! Merci, @antoinettevanhaute.bsky.social et @cncd.be #untaxconvention #unitarytaxation #taxtherich #taxjustice #socialjustice
Un nouveau traité international, négocié aux Nations Unies, pourrait permettre de taxer efficacement multinationales et ultra-riches, récupérant des milliards pour les hôpitaux, les écoles et la transition écologique.
@antoinettevanhaute.bsky.social vous explique tt 👇
#EraOfJustice #UNtaxConvention
Zur Kasse bitte: Gelingt der UN der Durchbruch bei der #UNTaxConvention
Während die UN derzeit verhandelt, bremsen Europa + Deutschland.
Finden Regierungen den Mut zu echten Reformen oder entsteht nur ein weiteres Abkommen, das wenig verändert?
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🌍 In August, negotiators at #UNTaxConvention face tough talks on how new rules would impact the vast web of bilateral tax treaties already in force around the world.
Read more: ow.ly/v49l50YwTFl
#TaxExperts #InternationalTax #GlobalTaxGovernance
🌍 The Protocol on tax disputes as part of the #UNTaxConvention offers a rare opportunity to ensure cross-border tax disputes are resolved through tax-specific, state-to-state mechanisms–and to prevent tax cases from being brought to #ISDS.
Our experts lay out how 👉 www.iisd.org/articles/pol...
But policy choices can also strengthen systems. 🏛️
Ghana has recently removed funding caps, abolished regressive taxes, endorsed the #UNTaxConvention and increased its education budget. 🇬🇭
The current global tax system is driving an extreme concentration of wealth that is depriving most govts of money that could fund health, education, and social security.
Rights groups call for #UNTaxConvention to be guided by human rights. Our take 👇
#TaxJustice
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📆 On March 20 at 2 pm CET, join CESR and partners for conversation on tax justice, gender equity, and what the #UNTaxConvention must deliver for a truly care-centered economy, including the launch of our publication Bled Dry with Alternative Information Development Centre and Tax Justice Network.
Catch ODI Global's webinar next week to see what's the latest on the ongoing negotiations for protocol 1 (cross-border services taxation) under the #UNTaxConvention. ICTD's Frederik Heitmüller will join the panel of experts.
📅 March 17 | 14:00-15:30 GMT
👉 Register: https://ow.ly/x65j50Yq7EG
🇺🇳The #UNTaxConvention negotiations are a historic opportunity to rewrite global tax rules to work for people and the planet.
We demand a feminist UN Tax Convention that delivers the funding for gender equality and care work.
#MakeTaxesWorkForWomen
What comes after the Fourth Session of negotiations on the #UNTaxConvention? And whose voices are shaping what comes next?
🗓: 10 March
⏰: 2:00 PM (EAT)
REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/40L6K9K
Be part of the discussion shaping a more just and gender-responsive global tax system.
#Youth4TaxJustice #IWD2026
🌍"There is still more possibility for progressive outcomes in the #UNTaxConvention than in any other intl' negotiation right now", @jayatighosh.bsky.social at IDEAs webinar.
2 key battles to:
→Ensure fair taxation of digital services based on formulaic methods
→Reforming unfair dispute mechanisms
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Towards a feminist fiscal system: the negotiations for a UN Tax Convention - Closing webinar. Friday 6th March 2-3pm CET
What would a feminist tax system look like?
TOMORROW, take part in a discussion on the upcoming #UNTaxConvention negotiations and how to deliver a feminist fiscal system.
✍️ Register here: bit.ly/gdoa-close #TaxJustice4Care
Each year, illicit financial flows divert vast public resources away from classrooms, hospitals and climate action, shrinking the fiscal space countries need to serve their people. Following ECOSOC’s first-ever Special Meeting on Financial Integrity last month, Nobel Laureate in Economics Joseph Stiglitz reflected on why financial integrity matters now and who is most affected when global rules fall short. The meeting, a concrete outcome of the Sevilla Commitment adopted last June at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, brought together leading institutions across tax cooperation, anti-money-laundering and anti-corruption to strengthen coordination. Their discussion focused on how to get and use information to tackle tax abuses and financial crimes. And ultimately, considered how global financial rules can deliver fairer and more sustainable outcomes for all.
"Financial integrity is not a technical issue to be postponed. It is a precondition for addressing the defining challenges of our age" - @josephestiglitz.bsky.social to
UN.org DESA on why the world need a #UNTaxConvention.
🔗Read here: shorturl.at/xud9h
#TaxThePower
We demand #TaxJustice4Care:
🕊️ Recognize care as a human right and public good
⚖️ Fairly allocate taxing rights
💸 Publicly finance care
🤑 #TaxtheRich and #MakeMultinationalsPay
🇺🇳 Deliver a feminist #UNTaxConvention
❌ End tax secrecy
It’s time to #MakeTaxesWorkForWomen ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
🌎 Tomorrow! Webinar: Tax justice for climate action
The #UNTaxConvention is a key opportunity to advance a fair global tax system. In the climate crisis, tax cooperation is vital to mobilize resources in the Global South. Feb 25 | 9–10:30am CDMX / 3–4:30pm UK, 👉 bit.ly/4cQOO4G
💬 At the #UNTaxConvention negotiations, Alexandra Readhead stressed that national tax administrations must lead on tax disputes. ISDS should not handle more tax cases: the Protocol must deliver a tax-specific approach to dispute prevention and resolution.
See our brief: www.iisd.org/publications...
Are global tax rules at a turning point?
1 question dominated the 4th #UNTaxConvention negotiations round: Who gets to tax global profits?
@sarahganter.bsky.social shares 4 insights, from the battle over taxing rights to emerging disputes over information exchange.
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💰 The latest round of negotiations for the #UNTaxConvention was held last week in #NewYork.
📷 This is a historic intl effort to establish a more inclusive global tax system by shifting the authority for setting intl tax standards from the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social to the United Nations.
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🚨 Momentum builds on a #UNTaxConvention, with countries nearing a zero draft ahead of August - progress toward fairer global tax rules. But OECD side deals exempting US multinationals, alongside intensified lobbying, risk undermining that progress. 👉 bit.ly/4anGHLt
Global South is pushing for fairness; Europe is hesitant to rewrite century-old tax rules that would favour them as well.
#UNtaxConvention negotiations are a chance to shape fair rules & rebuild trust- @jayatighosh.bsky.social & Tommaso Faccio in @feps-europe.eu.
🔗 feps-europe.eu/ensuring-tax...
🔵Final day recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations:
Protocol 2, dispute prevention & resolution. Drafting of a zero text now imminent, delegates moved from high-level positioning to concrete design choices that will shape how cross-border tax disputes are managed.
👉 More: bit.ly/4hTU0VZ
“The UN Tax Convention has the potential to become a trillion-dollar treaty that can crack down on tax havens and boost public financing for development and environmental protection around the world.”
After 2 weeks of negotiations at the #UN, momentum is building in the #UNTaxConvention negotiations!
While the potential for a trillion-dollar treaty is still in reach, European leaders seem more focused on stripping it of content.
Read our full reaction 👉 www.eurodad.org/momentum_bui...
🔵Day 8 recap | #UNTaxConvention negotiations: ️
Cross-border tax disputes & 2nd Protocol – Final detailed exchange before first draft; covered scope, flexibility, prevention, resolution, and info sharing.
👉Full recap: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...
📢 PRESS RELEASE: UN Trillion Dollar Treaty Negotiations Gain Momentum
@globaltaxjustice.org's reaction to the end of the 4th session of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations: bit.ly/3ZBasT2
🇺🇳 #UNTaxConvention 4th session of negotiations
At the close of the 4th session, civil society shares:
- The need for ambition
- The issue with comparables
🗞️ Read today's FfD Chronicle in English, Spanish & French: globaltaxjustice.org/news/ffd-chr...
🇺🇳 #UNTaxConvention 4th session of negotiations
In today's FfD Chronicle, civil society highlights the issues of:
- OECD bad habits
- Tax and sustainable development
- Arbitration
🗞️ Read it here in English, Spanish & French: bit.ly/4rfFLyU