TAX JUSTICE
Nov 19, 2020 • 12:00 AM - 11:45 PM • Online
As the world grapples with the multiple crises of global COVID-19 pandemic, the economic recession, and the climate emergency, the need to raise the alarm on and fight the tax abuses and illicit financial flows in the extractive industry is more critical and urgent than ever.
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This political cartoon is posted on the eve of the Global Day of Action for Tax Justice in the Extractive Industry, November 19. Read the full statement.
Resource-rich countries spanning Africa, Latin America and Asia share a common ground. They continue to be targeted for natural wealth extraction, offer extensive fiscal incentives for mining investors, and are markedly sites of massive illicit financial flows.
Tax Justice in the Extractives Sector: A Renewed Call in COVID times to Stop Tax Abuse and Plunder
The online rally for tax justice heard tax justice champions from all walks of life advance imperatives to address peoples’ survival adequately and humanely.
We stand today in Asia and link arms of solidarity on these Global Days of Action to make ourselves heard on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the UN General Assembly, that we demand national and global COVID19 measures based solidly on tax and fiscal justice, the primacy of people and human rights, and the sustainability of our environment and the planet.
