Members of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) are participating in the 5th session of negotiations for the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention) at the UN Headquarters in New York from August 3 – 13, 2026. Following the release of the zero draft text of the Framework Convention, the 5th session marks an important step in the negotiations.
GATJ experts in New York available to comment:
Dr. Dereje Alemayehu — GATJ Executive Coordinator — following the global tax rules for over a decade.
Tove Maria Ryding — Eurodad Policy Manager on Tax, Tax Justice Europe (TJ-E) Co-Coordinator — focusing on the Framework Convention (Workstream I). Regional expert for Europe.
Everlyn Muendo — Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA) Policy Officer on Tax and International Financial Architecture— focusing on the first early protocol on the taxation of cross-border services in an increasingly digitalized and globalized economy (Workstream II). Regional expert for Africa.
Lison Rehbinder — GATJ Global Campaigns and Advocacy Coordinator – Europe — focusing on the second early protocol on dispute resolution and prevention (Workstream III).
Luis Moreno — GATJ Chair, Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe (RJFALC) Member — Regional expert for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Adrian Falco — Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe (RJFALC) Coordiantor — Regional expert for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dr. Nathalie Beghin — Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe (RJFALC) Member, INESC Co-Director — focusing on the taxation of high net-worth individuals. Regional expert for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jeannie Manipon — Asian Peoples’ Movement on Debt and Development (APMDD) Development Finance Program Manager, Tax and Fiscal Justice Asia (TAFJA) Co-Coordinator — focusing on sustainable development and the taxation of extractive industries. Regional expert for Asia.
Maureen Mburu — GATJ Tax and Gender Lead & Africa Campaigns Coordinator — Gender equality and women’s rights expert.
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Contact:
Alexandra Wenzel, GATJ Global Communications Coordinator, [email protected], WhatsApp: +41 778133732
For more resources:
- From 2025 to mid-2027 negotiations are taking place for a global tax treaty, a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation. The negotiations were initiated by the Africa Group with the support of the G77 to address structural flaws in the international tax system, a system characterized by rampant tax abuse by multinational corporations and the rich, a complex web of thousands of bilateral tax treaties, and the exclusion of Global South countries from tax rule-making. These negotiations have been actively championed by civil society for the potential to create fair and effective global tax rules, unlocking hundreds of billions in public financing urgently needed for development, public services, climate action, and gender equality. The mandate for the negotiations is here.
- The first week of negotiations will discuss the Co-Lead’s Zero Draft Framework Convention is here. The second week of the session covers the first protocol on the taxation of income from cross-border services, with the draft here, as well as the draft second early protocol on the prevention and resolution of tax disputes, here.
- More details on the 5th session of negotiations can be found on the UN website here.
About GATJ:
The Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) is 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.
Created in 2013, GATJ comprises regional tax justice networks in Asia (Tax & Fiscal Justice Asia), Africa (Tax Justice Network Africa), Latin America (Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe), Europe (Tax Justice-Europe) and North America (Canadians for Tax Fairness & FACT Coalition), collectively representing hundreds of organisations.