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Presentation by Ruud Bronkhorst on 'The Economics of Human Rights, Using the Living Income / Fair price Approach to Combat Poverty' at a Fair Price/Living Income webinar (September 2021)

The webinar on 'Achieving Fair Prices and Living incomes in Global value Chains through Public Policies in Europe' was organised by the Fair Trade Advocacy Office in Brussels in cooperation with the Sustainable Food Lab, GIZ, and with financial support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Ruud Bronkhorst started with the statement “No Fair Prices, no Living Wages”. Then he explained why fair prices are essential, by referring to a) the Universal of Human Rights and b) to the global problem of climate change. Within the first it was referred to Article 23 and 25 of the Declaration of Universal Human Rights, in particular.