Comment: A video introducing an initiative taken by a group of American celebrities against trafficking in human beings, an excellent outreach tool, especially to young people!

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Poverty eradication is a major human rights challenge of the 21st Century. A decent standard of living, adequate nutrition, health care, education decent work and protection against calamities, are not just development goals - they are also human rights - UN Human Development Report 2000

A review of EU development policies* launched today October 7th, 2008, in Brussels finds that core EU development policies, including the European Consensus on Development, fail to coherently reflect the applicable international human rights framework and other core legal principles required of human rights based development, as outlined in 2003 in the UN Common Understanding regarding human rights based approaches (HRBA).

A joint initiative by Terre des Hommes International Federation, Action Aid International, Amnesty International EU Office and International Human Rights Network (IHRN).