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Photo of the facade of the UN headquarters in New York
8 August 2026
Symposium on the United Nations Tax Framework Convention

ICTD Associate Postdoctoral Fellow Frederik Heitmüller will be speaking at a symposium hosted by the New York University, in collaboration with ICTD and UNU-WIDER, on 8th of August, on the sidelines of the fifth negotiation session on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation….
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Webinar graphic for “Comparative Perspectives on International Tax from the Global South,” 17 July 2026, 14:00–15:00 UTC on Zoom, featuring speakers from ICTD, University of Oxford, WU Vienna, and Makerere University.
7 July 2026
Webinar: Comparative perspectives on international tax from the global South

This webinar launches the ‘Comparative Perspectives on International Tax from the Global South’ project, started by the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), in 2024. The project examines how governments in seven countries — Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia — engage with international tax standards in practice, focusing on exchange of information, bilateral tax treaties, transfer pricing rules, and digital services taxation….
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Logo of the United Nations embossed on a glass wall in the UN Headquarters in New York City
March 2026
Tax treaties in spotlight as UN Tax Convention negotiations deepen

When member-states convene in New York this August for the fifth substantive session on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention), negotiators will navigate increasingly technical and politically contested questions. Among them is how the new Convention will relate to the bilateral tax treaties already in force around the world….
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Globe showing the African continent on top of a pile of international currencies.
17 March 2026
Webinar: Protocol 1 in focus – progress and the way forward

This webinar will give you a clear picture of where things stand and what comes next on the UN Tax Convention Protocol 1 on cross-border services taxation….
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Art card that says "IISD side-event: Tax Dispute Resolution under the UN Conventiokn on Tax"
11 February 2026
Tax Dispute Resolution Under the UN Convention on Tax: Lessons from Investment Arbitration

ICTD Associate Postdoctoral Fellow Frederik Heitmüller will be speaking at a panel about the tax dispute resolution under the UN Framework Convention on International Tax, hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)….
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Vertical shot of the UN headquarters in New York, featuring a row of flags from different countries
6 February 2026 - 7 February 2026
Academic Symposium on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation

ICTD Research Director Martin Hearson and Associate Postdoctoral Fellow Frederik Heitmüller will be speaking at the Academic Symposium on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation, hosted by the International Tax Program at the NYU School of Law….
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Art card featuring the text "Next Steps for the UN Convention on Tax: Mapping priorities'
16 July 2025
WEBINAR: Next Steps for the UN Convention on Tax: Mapping Priorities

Countries around the world are losing billions to illicit financial flows, tax avoidance, tax evasion, and…
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Photo of the facade of the UN headquarters in New York
5 June 2025
Panel: Future of International Tax Governance

The Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law and the Global Tax Policy Centre at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Vienna) are hosting a panel discussion on the “Future of International Tax Governance”, in the context of ongoing negotiations for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention)….
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UN logo sticker on a glass wall
January 2025
UN Tax Talks: New research highlights key scenarios at next week’s historic negotiations

New research from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides crucial insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping these historic negotiations….
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Poster advertising a workshop on negotiating protocols of the UN Tax Convention providing information about time, location and date. Also features an image of the UN skyscraper office block on New York.
4 February 2025
ICTD-IISD workshop: Negotiating Protocols of the UN Tax Convention

This workshop is aimed at tax experts and non-tax practitioners engaging in the negotiations of the…
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Compilation of book covers
December 2024
ICTD team reading list recommendations for 2024

Throughout the year ICTD team members have been curating monthly reading lists with thought-provoking books covering…
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November 2024
G20 Brazil: How does taxation fit into the agenda?

Researchers from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) participated in crafting such recommendations in a number of policy briefs, situating the issues within the tax context….
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