Le Petit
Larousse 2011 hosts an entry on Jean Ziegler and his work at the UN. See
more
information.
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On 18 May
2010, Jean Ziegler has been awarded an Honorary Degree from the
Université de Liège in Belgium.
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Jean Ziegler
participated in two panel discussions during the 2nd
Ecumenical
Kirchentag held in Munich, 12-16 May 2010. His
presentations dealt with the topics of "Food Security despite Climate
Change" and "Globalised world without respect for the poor - does
development assistance make sense?".
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A new
publication on the "Right to property from a human rights perspective"
is available
online. The authors of this legal opinion, Christophe Golay and
Ioana Cismas are collaborators
of Jean
Ziegler.
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The
Preliminary Study of the Advisory Committee of the Human Rights Council
on discrimination in the context of the right to food is now
available.
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New interview (in German) with Jean Ziegler in Die
Weltwoche.
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Jean Ziegler has
been awarded an
Honorary Degree from the Université de Savoie on 4 December 2009.
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In August 2009 Jean
Ziegler was
elected Vice President of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory
Committee.
In
March
2009
Jean
Ziegler
was
re-elected,
by
acclamation,
by
the Human Rights Council, to serve a further three year term as a
member of
that body's Advisory Committee.
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On 17 January 2009
in Paris, Jean
Ziegler received an Honorary Degree from Paris 8 University. See further
information.
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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.
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Jean Ziegler, UN
Special
Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2001 to 30 April 2008, has been
appointed
as a Member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations' Human
Rights
Council. In his new capacity, he is responsible for the promotion and
protection of economic and social rights, and in particular the right
to food.
He began his new mandate at the United Nations on 1 May 2008.
