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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 elected as a
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. In March 2009 the Human Rights Council
decided, by acclamation, to re-elect Jean Ziegler as a member of the
Advisory Committee, a post he will now hold until 2012. Before his
appointments at the UN, Jean Ziegler was well known for his work as a
professor, and as a Swiss Member of Parliament for 18 years.
NEW: RESPONSE BY JEAN ZIEGLER TO
CHARLIE-HEBDO
On 17 January 2009 in Paris,
Jean Ziegler received an Honorary Decgree from Paris 8 University. See further information.
On 10 December
2008 in Paris, Jean Ziegler received the ‘Prix littéraire pour les
droits de l'homme’ for his book "La Haine de l'Occident". See
further press on this.
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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