NYU Project Hub on the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation
Forthcoming events
Symposium on the UN Tax Framework Convention in collaboration with UNU-WIDER Lecture
11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Lester Pollack Colloquium Room, Level 9, Furman Hall, NYU School of Law, New York, NY 10012
This Symposium is timed to take place during the Fifth Session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC), to support high quality, frank and positive engagement in relation to content and text of the Framework Convention, Protocol 1 and Protocol 2. The Symposium will build on the engagement in our first Symposium and will enable a detailed discussion of key issues relating to the taxation of services (Protocol 1) and dispute prevention and resolution (Protocol 2), while also addressing aspects of governance of the Convention and Protocols.
The NYU ITP is delighted to be collaborating in this Symposium with the International Center for Tax and Development and UNU-WIDER, enabling sharing of new research and learning. As a key part of the Symposium, UNU-WIDER will present a Lecture on the findings of the UNU-WIDER working paper estimating the economic effects of different cross-border taxation scenarios under Protocol 1 of the UN Tax Convention. For more information please email Aicha Anilus.
Draft Protocols Released Ahead of the Fifth Session of the UNFCITC Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee
The Co-Leads have released the draft Protocols for Workstream II (Taxation of Income from Cross-Border Services) and Workstream III (Prevention and Resolution of Tax Disputes) ahead of the Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee.
The draft texts are available below:
• Workstream II-Co-Leads' Draft Protocol on the Taxation of Income from Cross-Border Services
• Workstream III- Co-Leads' Draft Protocol on the Prevention and Resolution of Tax Disputes
Past events
On Friday, February 6, 2026, the International Tax Program at NYU School of Law sponsored an academic symposium in conjunction with the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) Fourth Session.
The Symposium explored and discussed the important development of the Framework Convention in the evolving architecture of global tax cooperation, and considered some of the many issues that it raises from a scholarly perspective, in relation to substantive content and structural or governance aspects. The focus was on the Convention itself, including its drafting and content, rather than the broader issue of international tax governance or debates (although the context is relevant).
Materials related to the convention are available here February 2026 Notes and Summary Reports and here UN Tax Framework Convention – Submissions and Policy Notes.
The Overseas Development Institute (UK) held a webinar on Protocol 1, Services, that may be of interest, on Tuesday March 17, 2026. More information is available here.