Jubilee Scotland is a coalition of organisations across Scotland that describes its goal as "campaigning to end global debt slavery". Membership of the coalition is broad, and includes faith groups, unions, cooperatives, campaigning groups and local councils. The charity aims to take action against debts owed by countries in the Global South to individuals, organisations and countries in the

Global North Global North and Global South are terms that denote a method of grouping countries based on their defining characteristics with regard to socioeconomics and Global politics, politics. According to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the Global S ...

where these debts are considered to be odious. In doing so it continues the work of the

Jubilee 2000 Jubilee 2000 was an international coalition movement in over 40 countries that called for cancellation of third world debt by the year 2000. This movement coincided with the Great Jubilee, the celebration of the year 2000 in the Catholic Church. ...

coalition, which similarly called for the cancellation of unjust and unpayable debts. The organisation has strong links with the

Jubilee Debt Coalition Debt Justice (formerly Jubilee Debt Campaign, Jubilee Debt Coalition and Drop The Debt) is a UK-based campaigning organisation which exists to end injustice in relation to developing countries' debt and the poverty and inequality it perpetuates. ...

, which undertakes similar work in England and Wales.

Campaigns

Jubilee Scotland currently has three major campaign strands: * Break the Chains, which calls on the

Scottish Government The Scottish Government (, ) is the executive arm of the devolved government of Scotland. It was formed in 1999 as the Scottish Executive following the 1997 referendum on Scottish devolution, and is headquartered at St Andrew's House in ...

to pledge to cancel unjust debts and commit to an ethical export credit agency; * Defuse the Debt Crisis, which calls for the Scottish Government to promote Scotland as a centre of arbitration for international debt disputes; and * End Britain's Dodgy Deals, which joins the

in pressuring the

Export Credits Guarantee Department The Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD), branded as UK Export Finance (UKEF), is the export credit agency and a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. In 1920, UKEF had a maximum total exposure of just £26 mi ...

to impose stronger ethical standards when deciding which projects to underwrite.

References

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