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AIDC welcomes the successful vote for a United Nations Tax Convention

Today, the members of the United Nations voted to approve a resolution, tabled by the Africa Group, calling for the establishment of a United Nations framework convention on taxation. This is a landmark moment, marking possibly the biggest shift in

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AIDC welcomes Africa Group’s Draft UN Resolution Towards Global Tax Body

The United Nations last week published a draft resolution, tabled by Nigeria on behalf of the Africa Group, calling for a United Nations convention on international tax cooperation. This is a welcome step towards fixing the outdated international tax framework

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The Maputo Declaration on Rivers and Dams

PREAMBLE We, the social movements, civil society organisations, grassroots communities, lawyers, academics, experts and others, from several provinces of Mozambique and also from South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Brazil, Cuba, France,

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BUSINESS ABUSES OP-ED: Corporate human rights abuses can be curbed across Africa with buy-in from governments to honour the UN treaty

By Boaventura Monjane and Anesu Dera | Daily Maverick | 02 Jul 2023  On 28 and 29 June, community members, popular formations and civil society organisations from across the African continent gathered in Johannesburg to participate in the African Regional Indaba

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African Regional Indaba on UN binding treaty takes place this week!

Civil society organisations are hosting the fourth African Regional Indaba on the UN binding treaty on business and human rights at Parktonian Hotel in Johannesburg on 27 and 28 June 2023.   The Centre for Applied Legal Studies, ActionAid, the

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Global South Perspectives on International Tax Reform Report

International tax and wage evasion by multi-or transnational corporations is a serious issue for all countries, but especially for Global South states with large extractives sectors. It is in these countries where the social and environmental damage of mining occurs,

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