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ESCR-Net and its more than 300 members, including social movements, indigenous peoples, independent unions, organizations, and human rights defenders from 76 countries, join statements issued by members Front Line Defenders, the World Organization Against Torture, Amnesty International, PODER, Otros Mundos, COPINH, Indigenous Peoples Rights International, and Tlachinollan to express our outrage and condemnation of the murder of Father Marcelo Pérez on Sunday, October 20. Pérez was an indigenous Tzotzil priest from the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.

On May 22, 2024, more than 45 international organizations, including 22 ESCR-Net members, endorsed a letter calling on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to adopt a holistic and pragmatic policy solution in addressing inequalities in taxation, the debt crisis, and climate justice. This solution, according to signees, should embrace ongoing conversations regarding the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation as one of the essential steps to realizing the goal of urgent transformation of the global tax system to align with equality and comply with international human rights standards and principles.