The Lima Declaration on Tax Justice and Human Rights

John Christensen

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24 June 2015

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Please endorse the Lima Declaration on Tax Justice and Human Rights!

The initial list of signatories will be announced on World Public Services Day, 23 June 2015, the culmination of the Global Week of Action for #TaxJustice. Additional signatories will be continue to be welcomed beyond that date.

The Lima Declaration arises from the international strategy meeting, “Advancing Tax Justice through Human Rights,” held in Lima, Peru in April 2015, convened by the Center for Economic and Social Rights, the Global Alliance for Tax Justice, Oxfam, Red Latinoamericana sobre Deuda, Desarrollo y Derechos (LatinDADD), Red de Justicia Fiscal de América Latina y el Caribe and the Tax Justice Network.

For more info, contact: [email protected] or [email protected]

Read the full text of the declaration at the following web links. Please sign below!
English: http://bit.ly/1H2fADr
Español: http://bit.ly/1eDSMh7
Français: http://bit.ly/1IdbsQa

See the Declaration with initial signatories here.

The author

John Christensen

Trained as a forensic auditor and economist, John has worked in many countries around the world, including a period of working in offshore financial services with Touche Ross & Co. For 11 years he was economic adviser to the government of the British Channel Island of Jersey. In 2003 he became what the Guardian has described as “the unlikely figurehead of a worldwide campaign against tax avoidance.” His research on offshore finance has been widely published in books and academic journals, and John has taken part in many films, television documentaries and radio programmes. John can be contacted on +44 (0) 7979 868302.

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