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TheChocolateTales - YouTube , (Video) , 2012 , English
The human cost of chocolate , (Video) , 2012 , CNN Freedom Project
The Challenge to Make Chocolate Child Labour Free (Part 3/3) , (Video) , 2012 , Rockhopper TV in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO) , English
The Challenge to Make Chocolate Child Labour Free (Part 2/3) , (Video) , 2012 , Rockhopper TV in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO) , English
The Challenge to Make Chocolate Child Labour Free (Part 1/3) , (Video) , 2012 , Rockhopper TV in cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO) , English

The human cost of chocolate

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Organization: 
CNN Freedom Project
Publication date: 
2012
Topic: 
farmers & labourers
Keywords: 
child labour, slavery, Ivory Coast, West Africa
Lead: 

The cocoa protocol was signed in 2001 in which the cocoa industry agreed to stop child labour in the sector. Yet, there are an estimated 100,000 children working the fields, in Ivory Coast and other producing countries. In this 4 minutes video child labour issues are reported and discussed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9Jv3QuWN_Q).

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