Center for Economic and Social Rights
@cesr.bsky.social
We are an international organization harnessing the power of human rights. Our goal: To build an economy that works for people & the planet.
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We're really proud to be part of this joint report with
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
NEW REPORT: As the G20 approaches its 20th summit, a new independent assessment finds it has failed to tackle inequality and deliver economic justice.
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
The report warns that the forum must do more than fight fires - it needs to reform a broken international system. 🧵1/7
November 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
We're really proud to be part of this joint report with
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
@neweconomics.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social, Institute for Econ Justice in South Africa and Transforma in Brazil.
With so much global upheaval, the world needs strong civil society solutions and solidarity.
🌍 The 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the #UNTaxConvention began today in Nairobi. Delegates returned to the table to shape fairer global tax rules. It was a packed first day. Here’s a quick thread for those following the talks. 🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🌍 The 3rd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for the #UNTaxConvention began today in Nairobi. Delegates returned to the table to shape fairer global tax rules. It was a packed first day. Here’s a quick thread for those following the talks. 🧵
Our new joint report with @neweconomics.bsky.social, @ips-dc.org, #IEJ, & #Transforma shows what the #G20 must do to shift course and advance toward a #RightsBasedEconomy
🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF
🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Our new joint report with @neweconomics.bsky.social, @ips-dc.org, #IEJ, & #Transforma shows what the #G20 must do to shift course and advance toward a #RightsBasedEconomy
🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF
🔎 Read here: bit.ly/47TT8fF
Live from #PuertoRico, our Research & Policy Lead Ma. Emilia Mamberti discusses the rights impacts of public debt in a conversation w/ @aclu.org Puerto Rico’s Annette Martínez.
Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda!
📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut
Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda!
📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut
Redirecting...
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November 8, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Live from #PuertoRico, our Research & Policy Lead Ma. Emilia Mamberti discusses the rights impacts of public debt in a conversation w/ @aclu.org Puerto Rico’s Annette Martínez.
Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda!
📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut
Huge thanks to Comisión Ciudadana for inviting us to their Escuelita de la Deuda!
📡: bit.ly/47vL6ut
🌍 A historic step: the #G20 has recognized that inequality is not inevitable. It is the result of policy choices. Its new report opens space for rights-based global cooperation.
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
A new mandate for equality: G20’s landmark report opens space for rights-based global cooperation
The first G20 report on global inequality warns of an “inequality emergency” and calls for a new international panel to coordinate action. For CESR, it offers a chance to turn recognition into lasti…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌍 A historic step: the #G20 has recognized that inequality is not inevitable. It is the result of policy choices. Its new report opens space for rights-based global cooperation.
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
Now is the time to turn that mandate into real action.
🔗 cesr.org/a-new-mandat...
Join us today! ⬇️
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
Ahead of #COP30, join us to explore how debt, tax & fiscal policies shape the flow of climate finance — and what it will take to make it just.
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join us today! ⬇️
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
Register at bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
✊The Global Week of Action for #DebtJustice reminded the world that debt is a human rights issue.
Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.
More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...
#CancelTheDebt
Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.
More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...
#CancelTheDebt
From repayment to repair: global movements are reclaiming debt justice
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October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
✊The Global Week of Action for #DebtJustice reminded the world that debt is a human rights issue.
Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.
More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...
#CancelTheDebt
Communities everywhere are calling for just, transparent, and rights-based debt reform that promotes climate justice.
More: www.cesr.org/from-repayme...
#CancelTheDebt
Ahead of #COP30, join us to explore how debt, tax & fiscal policies shape the flow of climate finance — and what it will take to make it just.
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ahead of #COP30, join us to explore how debt, tax & fiscal policies shape the flow of climate finance — and what it will take to make it just.
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
🗓 3 Nov | 9:30 a.m. ET
🔗 Register: bit.ly/decodingclimatecop
#ClimateJustice #RightsBasedEconomy #COP30 @larutadelclima.bsky.social
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"Without fair debt workouts, recovery isn’t possible. Restructuring must restore fiscal space so governments can meet basic human rights obligations." -Mahinour El Badrawi, @cesr.bsky.social, at #IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings.
October 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"Without fair debt workouts, recovery isn’t possible. Restructuring must restore fiscal space so governments can meet basic human rights obligations." -Mahinour El Badrawi, @cesr.bsky.social, at #IMFMeetings #WBGMeetings.
🌍 As the IMF and the World Bank meet in #WashingtonDC for the Annual Meetings, debates on debt, tax, and climate finance take center stage.
@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️
#CSPF2025
@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️
#CSPF2025
October 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
🌍 As the IMF and the World Bank meet in #WashingtonDC for the Annual Meetings, debates on debt, tax, and climate finance take center stage.
@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️
#CSPF2025
@cesr.bsky.social and allies will push for rights-based reforms to the global financial architecture. Details below ⤵️
#CSPF2025
We’re in Paris at @icrict.bsky.social’s conversation on Taxation, inequality and democracy in Latin America with Magdalena Sepúlveda, José Antonio Ocampo, Ricardo Martner and Martín Guzmán
#TaxThePower
#TaxThePower
October 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
We’re in Paris at @icrict.bsky.social’s conversation on Taxation, inequality and democracy in Latin America with Magdalena Sepúlveda, José Antonio Ocampo, Ricardo Martner and Martín Guzmán
#TaxThePower
#TaxThePower
Africa emits just 2–3% of global emissions yet faces the harshest impacts 🌍
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
Reimagining reparations and climate finance for Africa’s future
www.cesr.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Africa emits just 2–3% of global emissions yet faces the harshest impacts 🌍
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
We were at #AfCoDD5 where movements demanded climate finance rooted in reparations, not loans. Read our reflections ⤵️
www.cesr.org/reimagining-...
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“If you think the Bahamas destroyed your global tax system, then you’ve got a pretty terrible global tax system.” Steven Dean @islandtaxprof.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social
Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice.
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow
www.cesr.org
September 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“If you think the Bahamas destroyed your global tax system, then you’ve got a pretty terrible global tax system.” Steven Dean @islandtaxprof.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social
Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice.
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow
www.cesr.org
September 24, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Global tax rules didn’t emerge in a vacuum—they were built on racial capitalism. In our latest #KeyVoices, @islandtaxprof.bsky.social calls for dismantling this global Jim Crow & advancing real tax justice.
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
Read more ⬇️
#FiscalJustice #TaxJustice
www.cesr.org/key-voices-s...
⤵️ @oilchange.bsky.social shows rich countries can mobilize $6.6 trillion every year for climate action. The resources exist. What is missing is will.
Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍
Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍
Our NEW research shows we can pay for a just transition:
🤑Tax the super rich - $3.5 tn
⛽Make polluters pay - $1.1 tn
✅Fair corporate taxes - $1.1 tn
⚖️Cancel unfair public debt - $608 bn
⚔️Cut public military budgets - $280 bn
More details ➡️ oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/
🤑Tax the super rich - $3.5 tn
⛽Make polluters pay - $1.1 tn
✅Fair corporate taxes - $1.1 tn
⚖️Cancel unfair public debt - $608 bn
⚔️Cut public military budgets - $280 bn
More details ➡️ oilchange.org/we-can-pay-for-it/
September 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
⤵️ @oilchange.bsky.social shows rich countries can mobilize $6.6 trillion every year for climate action. The resources exist. What is missing is will.
Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍
Climate finance must be grounded in reparations and human rights 🌍
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“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.” @emimamberti.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social
Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition.
👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30
Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition.
👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30
September 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“The economic system lies in the core of the climate crisis yet in its transformation lies the solution.” @emimamberti.bsky.social, @cesr.bsky.social
Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition.
👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30
Join #ClimateforChange2025 to unite #TaxJustice & #ClimateJustice for fair finance and a just transition.
👉 bit.ly/4jbO2zp #COP30
Join us tomorrow in Addis Ababa 🌍
➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2
Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2
➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2
Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2
September 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Join us tomorrow in Addis Ababa 🌍
➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2
Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2
➡️ African women leaders will spotlight solutions and demands for a just, gender-responsive climate future ahead of #AfricaClimateSummit2
Register: bit.ly/4g6G8H2
The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
New guide: Decoding Climate Finance
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September 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
➡️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
We’re in 🇬🇭 #Accra participating in #AfCoDDV, standing with movements demanding an end to a system that extracts from the many to enrich the few.
⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union
⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union
August 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
We’re in 🇬🇭 #Accra participating in #AfCoDDV, standing with movements demanding an end to a system that extracts from the many to enrich the few.
⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union
⤵️ Attending the conference? Join our two side sessions with @amwaafrika.bsky.social, FEMNET, Christian Aid and the Pan African Lawyer's Union
💸 The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
New guide: Decoding Climate Finance
bit.ly
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
💸 The resources promised to confront the climate crisis are still shaped by colonial legacies and unequal power.
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide with @larutadelclima.bsky.social shows how we can push for justice, rights and reparations.
⤵️ Download now: bit.ly/decodingclim...
💸 Billions promised for climate action are trapped in debt and corporate interests.
Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.
🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.
🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
💸 Billions promised for climate action are trapped in debt and corporate interests.
Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.
🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...
Our new guide #DecodingClimateFinance (by @cesr.bsky.social & @larutadelclima.bsky.social) gives activists, researchers and advocates tools to demand change.
🔎 Read and share: bit.ly/decodingclim...
August 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
📅 The first two sessions of #UNTaxConvention negotiations just wrapped up in New York 🗽
🧵From disputes and data to power imbalances and next steps, here’s what happened on the final day and what we learned from two intense weeks of talks ⤵️
🧵From disputes and data to power imbalances and next steps, here’s what happened on the final day and what we learned from two intense weeks of talks ⤵️
August 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
📅 The first two sessions of #UNTaxConvention negotiations just wrapped up in New York 🗽
🧵From disputes and data to power imbalances and next steps, here’s what happened on the final day and what we learned from two intense weeks of talks ⤵️
🧵From disputes and data to power imbalances and next steps, here’s what happened on the final day and what we learned from two intense weeks of talks ⤵️
🧵 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations – Day 9 (14 Aug)
Today’s session focused on Workstream III and Protocol II on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes. Chairs highlighted key problems in the current system, especially transfer pricing, and stressed the need to improve tax certainty ⤵️
Today’s session focused on Workstream III and Protocol II on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes. Chairs highlighted key problems in the current system, especially transfer pricing, and stressed the need to improve tax certainty ⤵️
August 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
🧵 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations – Day 9 (14 Aug)
Today’s session focused on Workstream III and Protocol II on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes. Chairs highlighted key problems in the current system, especially transfer pricing, and stressed the need to improve tax certainty ⤵️
Today’s session focused on Workstream III and Protocol II on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes. Chairs highlighted key problems in the current system, especially transfer pricing, and stressed the need to improve tax certainty ⤵️
🌍 How do age, gender & structural violence intersect?
Join OHCHR & @cesr.bsky.social for a webinar spotlighting older women’s rights & invisibility in data.
📅Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐3PM CEST / 9AM ET
📌Register: bit.ly/intersecting_
Join OHCHR & @cesr.bsky.social for a webinar spotlighting older women’s rights & invisibility in data.
📅Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐3PM CEST / 9AM ET
📌Register: bit.ly/intersecting_
August 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌍 How do age, gender & structural violence intersect?
Join OHCHR & @cesr.bsky.social for a webinar spotlighting older women’s rights & invisibility in data.
📅Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐3PM CEST / 9AM ET
📌Register: bit.ly/intersecting_
Join OHCHR & @cesr.bsky.social for a webinar spotlighting older women’s rights & invisibility in data.
📅Tues, Aug 19 | 🕐3PM CEST / 9AM ET
📌Register: bit.ly/intersecting_