June Newsletter

Dear Colleagues and Allies,

Welcome to GATJ’s June newsletter. We are excited to share with you highlights from May, updates in the coalition, and key events that are on the horizon.

GATJ Executive Coordinator, Dereje Alemayehu, speaking at the UN.

May Highlights

TJNA Executive Director, Chenai Mukumba, speaking on the need for strong a UN Tax Convention.

UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

GATJ participated in the first session to draft the terms of reference for the UN Tax Convention this past April 26 - May 8th.

The second session will take place from July 29 - August 16 at the UN in New York. In preparation for the session, GATJ will be co-hosting regional events and meetings in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Why must the global tax rules be comprehensively coordinated at the UN? Read our Q&A.

GATJ Updates

Welcome Tomás Lukin and Alexandra Wenzel to the GATJ Secretariat!

Tomás joins the team as the Global Campaigns and Policy Advocacy Coordinator. He brings with him over a decade of experience working on tax and economic justice. Tomás is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Alexandra joins as the Global Communications Coordinator and as the interim lead of the Tax & Gender Working Group. She brings experience working in communications on human rights and environmental justice. Alexandra is based in Vancouver, Canada.

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June Events

20 - 22nd

📍Quezon City, the Philippines

TAFJA and GATJ are co-hosting a Multi-Stakeholders’ Forum and Asia Strategy Workshop in collaboration with APMDD and RRN. Civil society and stakeholders from Asia will work together under the theme of “Rewriting Global Tax Rules, Making Taxes Work for People and the Planet: UN Tax Convention Now!”

24 - 28th

📍Tunis, Tunisia

On the 24 - 25th, TJNA and L’Observatoire Tunisien de l’Economie (OTE) will host a civil society convening, attended by GATJ, on the global tax rules and the UN Tax Convention under the title “The Role of African Countries in Defining New Global Tax Rules.”

On the 26 - 28th, TJNA, the African Union Commission (AUC), and the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) are co-hosting the Pan-African Network Conference on Fighting IFFs in Africa on “Africa’s Tax Agenda in Combatting Illicit Financial Flows: From Words to Action.”

About GATJ
We are a South-led global coalition in the tax justice movement. Together we work for a world where progressive and redistributive tax policies counteract inequalities within and between countries, and generate the public funding needed to ensure essential services and human rights.

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