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INVITATION: Virtual Panel Discussion on the FACTI Report

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INVITATION: Virtual Panel Discussion on the FACTI Report

Effective in the fight for transparency - against global tax fraud and illicit financial flows

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March 1, 2021, 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. (CET)

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Barbara Adams (GPF): "The public sector is essential for gender equality & women's rights."

Barbara Adams (GPF) interviewed by IWRAW Asia Pacific

Watch the interview of Barbara Adams (GPF) by International Women's Rights Action Watch Asia Pacific (IWRAW Asia Pacific) here.

From October 26 to 30, 2020, the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (OEIGWG) met for the sixth time at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva. The discussions were based on the second revised draft presented by the Ecuadorian Chair of the working group in August 2020. The session was overshadowed by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

It was held in a hybrid format, i.e. with the option of on-site or virtual participation. Of the 66 participating states, many said they were [...]

World in Progress: Five Years of SDGs - little progress so far

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World in Progress: Five Years of SDGs - little progress so far

"Deutsche Welle"-Interview with Jens Martens (GPF)

In September 2015, all countries decided to reach 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030. Five years into the agenda, there's little to celebrate and lots to do. Real political commitment to transformation is still lacking, while many push for change around the globe, says economist Jens Martens (GPF).

Our issue areas

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT &
HUMAN RIGHTS

DEVELOPMENT FINANCE &
TAX JUSTICE

UNITED NATIONS &
MULTILATERALISM

CORPORATE INFLUENCE
& ACCOUNTABILITY

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Financing Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond - An analysis and assessment of innovative policy options

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Financing Sustainable Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond - An analysis and assessment of innovative policy options

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations (UN) estimated that developing countries needed an extra US$ 2.5 trillion in external finance to cope with the consequences of the crisis. This vast sum is needed because additional spending needs – for example on health services and social protection – coincide with a simultaneous collapse of all traditional sources of development finance: tax revenue, export earnings, migrant remittances, foreign direct investment and, to a lesser extent, also official development assistance (ODA). In order to discuss how these finances could be [...]

Shifting policies for systemic change

Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2020

Shifting policies for systemic change

Lessons from the global COVID-19 crisis

This is the fifth edition of the report Spotlight on Sustainable Development. Since 2016, we have published this report annually to assess not only the implementation of the 2030 Agenda but also the structural obstacles in its realization.

When we started to plan for this year’s report in Autumn 2019, mass protests were shaking a growing number of countries in various regions of the world. In Ecuador, Brazil, Chile and Argentina, in Egypt, Lebanon, and in India, millions of people took to the streets to demonstrate against the prevailing policies.

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Important step for the human rights and ecological orientation of the global economy

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Important step for the human rights and ecological orientation of the global economy

Berlin, September 2020

In June 2014, the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UNHRC) mandated an intergovernmental working group (Resolution 26/9) to develop an interna-tional instrument to regulate the activities of transnational and other corporations. The aim of the process is to close the legal gaps in the protection of human rights in the global economy that have emerged in the course of globali-zation. So far, in five rounds of negotiations, governments, legal experts and representatives of civil society and busi-ness have debated the legal content of the treaty. Based on these [...]

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