Renata de Souza
rde-souza.bsky.social
Renata de Souza
@rde-souza.bsky.social
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Senior Campaigner @ Amnesty International
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This report exposes the growing power of the super rich, including their role in dismantling the infrastructure for ESC rights realization. Amnesty SG Agnes Callamard wrote a forward describing the links among turbocharged inequality, authoritarian practices, and human rights.
Some voices carry a lot more weight than others.
That is not an accident.

👉 www.oxfam.org/en/resisting...

#RuleOfTheRich #FightInequality #TaxTheSuperRich #WEF26
January 21, 2026 at 1:43 PM
The need to rebuild multilateralism is urgent. To get the SDGs back on track, governments must promote a human-centered approach to the #SDGs, the reform of the global economic system, the climate crisis and to address threats to peace and security. Read this🧵👇
At #WEF #Davos, the world’s richest will meet under “A Spirit of Dialogue”. But dialogue w/out multilateral cooperation & int’l law means nothing. While most of the #SDGs are off-track, authoritarian practices threaten peace, worsen the climate crisis & erode #humanrights. A 🧵
January 19, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger. www.theguardian.com/global-devel... #RuleOfTheRich #TaxTheSuperRich
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn, says Oxfam
Governments opting for oligarchy while brutally repressing protests over austerity and lack of jobs, charity report says
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:21 AM
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"Every conflict is ultimately a struggle over resources...Th(e) ability to enjoy essential rights and live with humanity is part of socio-economic justice... it is crucial to tie these rights to the political economy and the way things work at the global level." www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
Riva Jalipa: we must fight to finance our rights
You have to be there to speak truth to power. Everyone has a role to play.
www.amnesty.org
September 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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‪Join @amnesty.org,‬ AU ECOSOCC, Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development and @oxfaminternational.bsky.social for
a webinar on reparative justice in financing for development at #FfD4

🗓️1 July / 12.30pm CET

Register at: tinyurl.com/DevelopmentJ...

#ReparativeJustice #CanceltheDebt
June 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM