Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
@giescr.bsky.social
Using Human Rights Law to End Social & Economic Injustice
At #COP30, in Belém, governments are deciding whether climate action will truly advance justice and equality. 🌎
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Read our full positioning here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
At #COP30, in Belém, governments are deciding whether climate action will truly advance justice and equality. 🌎
Read our full positioning here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
Read our full positioning here: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
This week, governments gather in Nairobi to shape a new global framework on tax cooperation. 🌍
Our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, Roselyne Adhiambo Onyango, explains why this moment matters: the #UNTaxConvention could transform how wealth is taxed worldwide. 💰
Our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, Roselyne Adhiambo Onyango, explains why this moment matters: the #UNTaxConvention could transform how wealth is taxed worldwide. 💰
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This week, governments gather in Nairobi to shape a new global framework on tax cooperation. 🌍
Our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, Roselyne Adhiambo Onyango, explains why this moment matters: the #UNTaxConvention could transform how wealth is taxed worldwide. 💰
Our Associate Programme Officer for Africa, Roselyne Adhiambo Onyango, explains why this moment matters: the #UNTaxConvention could transform how wealth is taxed worldwide. 💰
🌍 As major global policy spaces unfold this month, we stand with civil society worldwide to reaffirm that public services are the backbone of equality and justice.
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📖 Click here to read more: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
Joining Forces for the Promotion of Public Services
GI-ESCR advances social justice and human rights worldwide, promoting equality, dignity, and accountability for all people.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🌍 As major global policy spaces unfold this month, we stand with civil society worldwide to reaffirm that public services are the backbone of equality and justice.
📖 Click here to read more: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
📖 Click here to read more: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
Africa’s poorest pay the highest price.
For every $1 from income tax, nearly $3 come from regressive taxes like VAT.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich
For every $1 from income tax, nearly $3 come from regressive taxes like VAT.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Africa’s poorest pay the highest price.
For every $1 from income tax, nearly $3 come from regressive taxes like VAT.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich
For every $1 from income tax, nearly $3 come from regressive taxes like VAT.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich
Brazil took a historic step towards democracy and equality. 🇧🇷
November 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Brazil took a historic step towards democracy and equality. 🇧🇷
At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
October 31, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
October 31, 2025 at 1:13 PM
At the Second World Summit for Social Development, this roundtable will explore how policy and practice can come together to strengthen financing and governance, overcome bottlenecks and turn political commitments into tangible progress. 🏛️
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
Event page: teamup.com/event/show/i...
Next week, diverse organisations will come together at the Second World Summit for Social Development to discuss how reclaiming public education systems can make the right to education a lived reality for all. 📖
🔗 Register to join: bit.ly/3X3i7rI
🔗 Register to join: bit.ly/3X3i7rI
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Next week, diverse organisations will come together at the Second World Summit for Social Development to discuss how reclaiming public education systems can make the right to education a lived reality for all. 📖
🔗 Register to join: bit.ly/3X3i7rI
🔗 Register to join: bit.ly/3X3i7rI
En el #DíaInternacionalDeLosCuidadosYElApoyo, reafirmamos que el cuidado es un derecho humano y un bien público a través del proyecto “Iniciativas para fortalecer las políticas del cuidado en América Latina y el Caribe”.
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
En el #DíaInternacionalDeLosCuidadosYElApoyo, reafirmamos que el cuidado es un derecho humano y un bien público a través del proyecto “Iniciativas para fortalecer las políticas del cuidado en América Latina y el Caribe”.
🚨 For the first time ever, an African country, South Africa, leads the #G20. The world is watching. Inequality is exploding. This is our moment to demand bold action.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich.
October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🚨 For the first time ever, an African country, South Africa, leads the #G20. The world is watching. Inequality is exploding. This is our moment to demand bold action.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich.
Ramaphosa, #BeOurChampion to #TaxTheSuperRich.
This Friday, at the OHCHR Social Forum in Geneva, we’ll join partners to discuss how fair taxation and international cooperation can help finance quality public education for all; and why educational reparations must be part of that vision. 🌐🏫
Register here: indico.un.org/event/1010443/
Register here: indico.un.org/event/1010443/
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This Friday, at the OHCHR Social Forum in Geneva, we’ll join partners to discuss how fair taxation and international cooperation can help finance quality public education for all; and why educational reparations must be part of that vision. 🌐🏫
Register here: indico.un.org/event/1010443/
Register here: indico.un.org/event/1010443/
Tomorrow, at the Civil Society Policy Forum, we’re co-sponsoring a session exploring how the International Monetary Fund and UN can work together more effectively in a time of multilateral fragmentation. 🌍
📅 14 October – 9:00 AM ET
🔗 Join online here: bit.ly/imfun
📅 14 October – 9:00 AM ET
🔗 Join online here: bit.ly/imfun
October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tomorrow, at the Civil Society Policy Forum, we’re co-sponsoring a session exploring how the International Monetary Fund and UN can work together more effectively in a time of multilateral fragmentation. 🌍
📅 14 October – 9:00 AM ET
🔗 Join online here: bit.ly/imfun
📅 14 October – 9:00 AM ET
🔗 Join online here: bit.ly/imfun
🌎 As Brazil prepares to host COP30, we convened a strategic dialogue with Argentina’s climate movement to strengthen coordination and chart a shared path for civil society engagement ahead of the conference.
October 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🌎 As Brazil prepares to host COP30, we convened a strategic dialogue with Argentina’s climate movement to strengthen coordination and chart a shared path for civil society engagement ahead of the conference.
On World Teachers’ Day we highlight what happens when education is left underfunded. Teachers’ salaries are central to quality, and without fair financing inequality deepens and children are denied their right to learn.
#WorldTeachersDay
#WorldTeachersDay
October 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM
On World Teachers’ Day we highlight what happens when education is left underfunded. Teachers’ salaries are central to quality, and without fair financing inequality deepens and children are denied their right to learn.
#WorldTeachersDay
#WorldTeachersDay
We’ve signed a letter with 59 organisations and individuals calling out the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, for putting profit before patients. 🏥💰
More: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
More: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
CSO's Call Out the IFC on the Lack of Accountability in its Healthcare Investments
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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October 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
We’ve signed a letter with 59 organisations and individuals calling out the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank’s private sector arm, for putting profit before patients. 🏥💰
More: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
More: gi-escr.org/en/our-work/...
📑 New Publication
'Ensuring Justice in Transition: A Gender-Transformative Approach', published jointly with @unrisd.org, provides a global overview of just transition policies and examines what is needed to ensure they advance gender justice.
Get it here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
'Ensuring Justice in Transition: A Gender-Transformative Approach', published jointly with @unrisd.org, provides a global overview of just transition policies and examines what is needed to ensure they advance gender justice.
Get it here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
📑 New Publication
'Ensuring Justice in Transition: A Gender-Transformative Approach', published jointly with @unrisd.org, provides a global overview of just transition policies and examines what is needed to ensure they advance gender justice.
Get it here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
'Ensuring Justice in Transition: A Gender-Transformative Approach', published jointly with @unrisd.org, provides a global overview of just transition policies and examines what is needed to ensure they advance gender justice.
Get it here: www.unrisd.org/en/library/p...
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Hoy conmemoramos el Día Nacional de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia. 🇨🇴
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hoy conmemoramos el Día Nacional de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia. 🇨🇴
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
Hoy conmemoramos el Día Nacional de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia. 🇨🇴
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hoy conmemoramos el Día Nacional de los Derechos Humanos en Colombia. 🇨🇴
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
La Defensoría del Pueblo invita este jueves a un espacio de reflexión con especialistas para conversar sobre igualdad, paz y naturaleza. 🗣️🌍
🔗 Inscripciones: forms.gle/R8PS1rMopgmh...
Fostering strong education systems is crucial to achieve a care society. 🤝🌍
📢 Our Programme Officer on the Right to Education, Juana Barragán, advocated for free public education during the working group discussions on a 4th Optional Protocol to the CRC.
📺 Watch it here: youtu.be/3SriToO4qLY
📢 Our Programme Officer on the Right to Education, Juana Barragán, advocated for free public education during the working group discussions on a 4th Optional Protocol to the CRC.
📺 Watch it here: youtu.be/3SriToO4qLY
Free Public Education in the Discussions on a 4th Optional Protocol to the CRC
YouTube video by GI-ESCR
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September 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Fostering strong education systems is crucial to achieve a care society. 🤝🌍
📢 Our Programme Officer on the Right to Education, Juana Barragán, advocated for free public education during the working group discussions on a 4th Optional Protocol to the CRC.
📺 Watch it here: youtu.be/3SriToO4qLY
📢 Our Programme Officer on the Right to Education, Juana Barragán, advocated for free public education during the working group discussions on a 4th Optional Protocol to the CRC.
📺 Watch it here: youtu.be/3SriToO4qLY
From 4–15 August, the first and second substantive negotiating sessions of the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation were held at UN Headquarters in New York.
#UNTaxConvention
#UNTaxConvention
September 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
From 4–15 August, the first and second substantive negotiating sessions of the proposed United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation were held at UN Headquarters in New York.
#UNTaxConvention
#UNTaxConvention
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The global energy system has long failed people and the planet. 🌍 Reliant on fossil fuels, it has driven the climate emergency, human rights violations and entrenched inequalities.
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The global energy system has long failed people and the planet. 🌍 Reliant on fossil fuels, it has driven the climate emergency, human rights violations and entrenched inequalities.
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The global energy system has long failed people and the planet. 🌍 Reliant on fossil fuels, it has driven the climate emergency, human rights violations and entrenched inequalities.
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The global energy system has long failed people and the planet. 🌍 Reliant on fossil fuels, it has driven the climate emergency, human rights violations and entrenched inequalities.
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
⚡ It's time to spark debate on a different future. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Tax Perspectives from the Global South
Last week in New York City, we co-hosted a strategic Global South briefing as negotiations for the future UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation move forward. 📢
Last week in New York City, we co-hosted a strategic Global South briefing as negotiations for the future UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation move forward. 📢
August 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Tax Perspectives from the Global South
Last week in New York City, we co-hosted a strategic Global South briefing as negotiations for the future UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation move forward. 📢
Last week in New York City, we co-hosted a strategic Global South briefing as negotiations for the future UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation move forward. 📢
🌱 At the Care Pavilion, which we co-organised as part of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, we discussed how to integrate care into the fight for climate justice through an intersectional lens.
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
Hacia una Justicia Climática centrada en los Cuidados y el Apoyo desde una Visión Interseccional.
YouTube video by Global Alliance for Care
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August 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
🌱 At the Care Pavilion, which we co-organised as part of the XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, we discussed how to integrate care into the fight for climate justice through an intersectional lens.
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
🌱 En el Pabellón de los Cuidados, que coorganizamos en el marco de la XVI Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, hablamos de cómo integrar los cuidados en la lucha por la justicia climática desde una visión interseccional.
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
Hacia una Justicia Climática centrada en los Cuidados y el Apoyo desde una Visión Interseccional.
YouTube video by Global Alliance for Care
www.youtube.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🌱 En el Pabellón de los Cuidados, que coorganizamos en el marco de la XVI Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe, hablamos de cómo integrar los cuidados en la lucha por la justicia climática desde una visión interseccional.
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...
🎥 www.youtube.com/live/My3rVq8...