The price of food has a human cost

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Former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson tells The Takeaway why, on a global level, rising food prices may be next biggest threat to our human rights. Guest: Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland, former United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights.

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