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Centering Youth In Global Tax Governance – Your Ultimate Guide to Understanding the UN Tax Convention
In an era marked by deepening inequalities and shifting global financial systems, the question of who decides how resources are raised, shared, and governed has never been more urgent. Taxation, which has been long perceived as a technical issue reserved for experts and state negotiators, is now at the heart of global justice debates. As nations move toward a new United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, the need to ensure inclusivity, fairness, intergenerational equity and legitimacy within this process is critical.
At this critical juncture, the Youth Tax Justice Network (YTJN) stands at the forefront of redefining participation and representation in fiscal processes and fiscourse by championing the voices, priorities, and aspirations of young people across the Global South and beyond. We are backed by the belief and recognition that youth are not merely future taxpayers, but they are present stakeholders, who continue to find ways of organizing, researching, and advocating for a tax system that delivers equity, transparency, and sustainability.
Mashindano ya ubunifu wa vijana wa kiafrika 2025
Kutambua hili, Youth for Tax Justice Network (YTJN) inapendekeza Shindano la Sanaa kwa Vijana Barani Afrika. Lengo ni kutumia ubunifu wa vijana wa Kiafrika kukuza fikra mpya na kuelewa wa ngazi ya jamii kuhusu masuala muhimu ya utawala wa kiuchumi, yakiwemo deni la umma, AfCFTA, fedha za hali ya hewa, urejeshaji wa mali, na Mkataba wa Umoja wa Mataifa kuhusu Ushirikiano wa Kodi wa Kimataifa.
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United Nations Climate Change Conference – Uganda At COP30
Uganda’s participation in the UNFCCC process continues to affirm our unwavering commitment to global climate action, sustainable development, and resilience building. As one of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Uganda remains steadfast in advocating for fairness, equity, and access to finance, technology, and capacity building under the principle of Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR–RC).
YTJN Nairobi Tax Talks Day 7 RoundUp: Third Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Develop a UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
The conversation then drifted on questions on how to handle disputes in the absence of tax treaties. For developing countries, the answer was simple … “No treaty, no dispute-resolution mechanism.” For them, the Protocol should not create new legal bases.
But across the room, private sector voices insisted that disputes do not wait for treaties; businesses struggle with uncertainty, and governments lose revenue. They pressed for innovations, with some calling for strengthening MAP, others calling for coordinated unilateral Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs), and others for the view that temporary unilateral relief would prevent double taxation.Independent Continental Youth Advisory Council on AfCFTA And YTJN Collaborate For Youth Involvement in AfCFTA
YTJN & ICOYACA are collaborating to combine their resources and expertise to jointly carry out activities like policy engagements, caravans bazaars, campaigns, etc. aimed at creating awareness of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) amongst the youth.
