This document is a joint response on behalf of the Global Alliance for Tax Justice (GATJ) and a broad coalition of organizations and trade unions to the Co-Lead’s Draft Framework Convention Template, published 24 October 2025. GATJ facilitates the Civil Society Financing for Development Mechanism’s Tax Justice Workstream with the support of one of its members, the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad). GATJ is a Southern-led global coalition in the tax justice movement.

The response includes the following sections: 1. Overall assessment 2. Summary table 3. Cross-cutting specific comments on the draft text 4. Specific comments on the Articles in the draft text