Contribution to the UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Fourth Cycle SUBMISSION OF THE ASIAN PEOPLES’ MOVEMENT ON DEBT AND DEVELOPMENT, FREEDOM FROM DEBT COALITION (FDC), and ORIANG (women’s organization) INTRODUCTION “Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to take steps individually and through international assistance and cooperation, especially economic and technical,Continue Reading
Download formatted PDF file: Click here We, as members of civil society and mass organizations from different countries in Asia and other regions, come together in recognition of the urgency of transforming our tax and fiscal systems to make them ‘work for people and the planet.’ These have to beContinue Reading
Built on centuries of environmental pillage and wealth extraction in mineral-rich areas, the extractive industry has historically thrived in environments of financial secrecy, corruption, tax abuses and other illicit financial flows (IFFs). Social movements and mining-affected communities have long been waging fierce campaigns directed at the extractive industry, especially inContinue Reading