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Dr Marianna Leite

@drmariannaleite.bsky.social

Legal scholar, policy expert, @CESR Director of Program, @GNDR Trustee, #HijadeAbyaYala❤️ Structural change, gender analysis, intersectionality and IHRL. Photo @HeidiScherm/Women7 + @Atelier34

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New guide: Decoding Climate Finance

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...

02.09.2025 14:29 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Key Voices: Steven Dean on global tax justice, racial capitalism, and dismantling Global Jim Crow

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...

24.09.2025 12:56 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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🌍 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

13.10.2025 12:12 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
CESR's intervention - UNTC substantive session (Aug 8, 2025)
YouTube video by CESRvideo CESR's intervention - UNTC substantive session (Aug 8, 2025)

🎥 “No country can do this alone.”

At the #UNTaxConvention negotiating session, our Research and Policy Lead, María Emilia Mamberti, calls for effective taxation of high-net-worth individuals, not just stopping evasion.

📺 youtu.be/8yon1QxUUG0

#HNWIs #TaxJustice #UNTC

08.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🧵 #UNTaxConvention Negotiations – Day 3 highlights:

Day 3 opened with what may be the Convention’s most contested issue: fair allocation of taxing rights (FATR). Behind technical language is a fight over who gets to tax and who benefits. Here’s what happened in 10 key points👇

06.08.2025 22:24 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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❓What happened during Day 2 of the #UNTaxConvention negotiations?

Countries debated three key commitments that could shape the foundation of a just global tax system.

⤵️ Here’s a quick rundown 🧵

05.08.2025 22:11 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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📅 Yesterday was a historic moment for global tax justice.

🌍 The first substantive session of the #UNTaxConvention took place. All Member States reaffirmed their commitment to the process.

Here are 6 key takeaways from Day 1 ⤵️

05.08.2025 13:21 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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📅 Monday, Aug 4: A historic moment for global tax justice.

🌍 The first substantive negotiations of the #UNTaxConvention began today, with all Member States reaffirming their commitment to this landmark process.

Here are 6 key takeaways from Day 1 ⬇️

#TaxJustice #UNTC

04.08.2025 22:25 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Early signals: mapping State and stakeholder inputs on the UN Tax Convention As the UN Tax Convention talks begin, submissions reveal sharp divides while civil society pushes to put rights and justice at the core.

The #UNTaxConvention negotiations kicked off today.

Our new blog maps early State & stakeholder submissions: from taxing rights to fairness, rights, and climate justice.

Read what’s at stake ➡️ www.cesr.org/early-signal...

04.08.2025 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Landmark win for climate justice: CESR welcomes historic advisory opinions from international courts

🌍 Climate change is a #HumanRights crisis.

Two of the world’s top courts just confirmed it in historic advisory opinions.

✅ States must prevent harm
✅ Regulate polluters
✅ Protect future generations

A turning point for #ClimateJustice.

🔗 www.cesr.org/landmark-win...

25.07.2025 13:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Key voices | Verónica Montúfar: unionism, feminism, and rebuilding the social organization of care

🌱 How do we reclaim care as a public good and collective responsibility?

In our #KeyVoices series, Verónica Montúfar of @psiglobalunion.bsky.social reflects on feminist unionism, public investment & building power to transform care.

🔗 cesr.org/key-voices-v...

22.07.2025 14:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌍 How can feminist tax strategies respond to austerity, digitalization & anti-rights backlash?

Join this discussion during the 5th #FiscalJustice and #HumanRights Week:

📅 July 24 | ⏰ 13:00 🇦🇷🇧🇷 | 10:00 🇲🇽
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/3bt2p2ws

18.07.2025 13:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
Rights-Based Development Finance: A post-Seville agenda
YouTube video by Tax Justice Network Rights-Based Development Finance: A post-Seville agenda

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=SoLb...

With @mariaronbalsera.bsky.social, @liznelson13.bsky.social, @sylvainaubry.bsky.social & more

Thank you @taxjustice.net for the video!

14.07.2025 15:09 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Global prescriptions: A constructive view on the review of SDG5 and the Beijing+30 anniversary

How can global economic policy shift from hindering to enabling gender equality?

In CESR’s latest blog, our Director of Program @drmariannaleite.bsky.social urges that the 2025 #HLPF and #BeijingPlus30 confront the economic roots of gender inequality.

🔗 Read: www.cesr.org/global-presc...

10.07.2025 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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@cesr.bsky.social is pleased do be co-organising an #HLPF side event with @ProfSuryaDeva, co-sponsored by 🇩🇪 Germany and 🇧🇷 Brazil, to further distill #SDG5 challenges & opportunities. Do join us at:

🇺🇳 UN Headquarters, Conference Room F
📆 Wednesday, the 16th of July 2025
🕐 13:15-14:30 EDT

09.07.2025 08:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Spain and Brazil’s call to tax the super-rich can shift global norms None

💵 Billionaires hold $16.2 trillion (more than the GDP of every country except the US and China) yet are taxed just 0.3–0.4%.
At #FfD4, Spain and Brazil launched a joint proposal for a global wealth tax, opening the door to a broader coalition.

We unpack what it means ⤵️
www.cesr.org/spain-and-br...

01.07.2025 18:50 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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From #FFD4 in Sevilla: One of the most urgent conversations here is how to design economies to uphold human rights & repair the harm caused by systemic failures & inequality. @giescr.bsky.social @cesr.bsky.social

Learn more about what we mean by a human rights economy: www.hrw.org/sites/defaul...

30.06.2025 11:25 — 👍 18    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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New guide: Decoding Gender Injustice This guide unpacks how global economic policies entrench inequality and provides tools to challenge them. It equips movements to expose systemic harms and push for economic rules that center care, e…

Gender injustice doesn’t just happen — it’s built into our global economic system. Our new #DecodingInjustice guide with Third World Network shows how tax, debt and trade rules fuel inequality, and how to challenge them using human rights.

Download now ⬇️
bit.ly/decoding_gender

30.06.2025 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Are you in #Seville for #FfD4? Join us on Monday at 12:30 ⤵️

28.06.2025 23:51 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Anabella Rosemberg, CAN International | SB62 Closing Press Conference
YouTube video by Climate Action Network International Anabella Rosemberg, CAN International | SB62 Closing Press Conference

Missed the CAN Press Conference livestream on Closing Reflections on Bonn SB 62 - and the Road to COP30?
📽️Watch the full press briefing highlights on our YouTube channel @anabellarosemberg.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6nU...

26.06.2025 11:13 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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📰 ECO is out
🌍 Just Transition = real lives, not words
🚫 Kick polluters out of COP
💔 End toxic fossil finance
🚨 Justice for Kenya
🗣️ Youth demand action
🛑 No to bio-traps
🔥 1.5°C isn’t a vibe—it’s a deadline
📉 MWP fails to close ambition gap
📎 Read: climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...

26.06.2025 04:51 — 👍 0    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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🌡️ “Without public finance from rich countries and real accountability, we won’t close the ambition gap—or stay below 1.5°C.” @rebeccathissen.bsky.social
#ClimateJustice #JustTransition #PayUp #SystemChange

25.06.2025 13:52 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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People power is essential. At #SB62, we pushed for climate finance as reparatory justice, not charity. Solutions must be led by frontline communities. The fight for #ClimateJustice is a fight for human rights.

More: bit.ly/4lhuzhG

25.06.2025 14:58 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

🌍✨ Side Event | Climate Reparations: Advancing Finance and Human Rights for Frontline Communities
📅 Date: June 24
🕘 Time: 16:30 – 17:45
📍 Location: Room Berlin

@cesr.bsky.social @larutadelclima.bsky.social @amnesty.org @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @coolearthaction.bsky.social

24.06.2025 08:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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As climate negociations stands at a crossroads, @cesr.bsky.social is present at #SB62 to echo calls for human rights centred climate finance. There is no climate justice without #humanrights. There is no #economicjustice without #climatejustice.

#UNTC #DebtJustice

@mariaronbalsera.bsky.social

24.06.2025 08:26 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

In the coming weeks, we will be part of key global spaces shaping the future of climate and economic justice 💵 Join @cesr.bsky.social at London Climate Action Week, #SB62, #FfD4, and more 🌎 👇🏼https://www.cesr.org/cesr-at-london-climate-action-week-sb62-and-ffd4/

@mariaronbalsera.bsky.social

23.06.2025 11:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Who pays for the damage climate change leaves behind? Join us for this #SB62 event to find out more✍🏼

🌍✨ Side Event | Climate Reparations: Advancing Finance and Human Rights for Frontline Communities
📅 Date: June 24
🕘 Time: 16:30 – 17:45
📍 Location: Room Berlin

20.06.2025 16:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Cautious consensus: Where we stand on the Compromiso de Sevilla Despite deep divisions, the Compromiso de Sevilla opens space for long-overdue reforms in global economic governance. This blog unpacks what was gained, what was lost, and how civil society and Glob…

The #CompromisoDeSevilla is more than just another UN outcome: it’s a contested space where power, politics & possibility collide.

In our newest blog post, we unpack what it really means for #DebtJustice, #TaxJustice & rights-based reform.

Read below ⬇️

#FfD4

19.06.2025 13:58 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Aligning financial flows with climate justice isn’t a technical fix: it’s a political choice.

Our new briefing with @re-course.org exposes the barriers and sets out what governments must do to make climate finance support a just transition.

🔗 bit.ly/art2-1c

#SB62

17.06.2025 13:51 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The road from Baku to Belem: Advancing a human rights lens to climate finance None

As #SB62 opens in Bonn, climate finance is back in the spotlight, and still failing the Global South.

#COP29 fell short, offering too little and ignoring equity. It’s time to center human rights in how climate funds are raised and distributed.

Read more: bit.ly/4kJFXTP

16.06.2025 17:57 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0