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Jean Ziegler was the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from
2000-2008. He is now a Member of the UN Human Rights Council’s
Advisory Committee, where he works as an expert on economic, social
and cultural rights, including the right to food.
Jean Ziegler is a retired Professor at the University of Geneva and the University of Sorbonne, Paris. At the University of Geneva, he established the Laboratory of sociology for the study of the societies of the Third World, and most of his work has focused on developing countries. He has written many books which have been translated into all the major languages. He is also qualified as a lawyer, with doctorates in international law and in sociology from the University of Berne and an appointment before the Bar of Geneva, Switzerland.
In September 2000, Jean Ziegler was nominated by the UN Commission on Human Rights to be the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. His mandate was renewed in June 2006 by the UN Human Rights Council. In March 2008, he was been elected as Member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council. He ended his mandate on the Right to Food on 30 April 2008 and began his new mandate on 1 May 2008. Before that he was well known for his work as a professor, and as a Swiss Member of Parliament for 18 years.
His best known book is "The Swiss, the Gold and the Dead" which details the role of Swiss banks in illegally holding the dormant bank accounts of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.
His other books include:
L’Empire de la honte, Editions Livre de poche, 2008
L’Empire de la honte, Editions Fayard, 2005
Les Nouveaux maîtres du monde et ceux qui leur résistent, Editions Fayard, 2002
Le Droit à l’alimentation, Editions Mille et une nuits, 2003.
La Faim dans le monde racontée à mon fils, Seuil, 1999.
Les Seigneurs du crime, les nouvelles mafias contre la démocratie, Seuil, 1998
La Suisse, l’or et les morts, Seuil, 1997, coll. « Points », 1998.
La Victoire des vaincus, oppression et résistance culturelle, Seuil, coll. « L’histoire immédiate », 1988, nouvelle édition revue et augmentée, coll. « Points », 1991.
List of prefaces and articles
Further information
Regarding the accusations of anti-Semitism made recently by French Radio, see:
Letter to M. Victor Malka - 15 october 2008
Regarding the matters raised by UN Watch regarding Jean Ziegler,
see Jean Ziegler’s letter to Mr Hillel Neuer
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