Nouvelle
publication de Jean Ziegler: Destruction
massive
-
Géopolitique de la faim Description de
l’ouvrage: Toutes les cinq
secondes un enfant de moins de dix ans meurt de faim, tandis que des
dizaines
de millions d’autres, et leurs parents avec eux, souffrent de la
sous-alimentation et de ses terribles séquelles physiques et
psychologiques. Et pourtant, les
experts le savent bien, l’agriculture mondiale d’aujourd’hui serait en
mesure
de nourrir 12 milliards d’êtres humains, soit près du double de la
population
mondiale. Nulle fatalité, donc, à cette destruction massive. Comment y
mettre
fin ? En prenant d’abord conscience des dimensions exactes du désastre
: un
état des lieux documenté, mais vibrant de la connaissance acquise sur
le
terrain par celui qui fut si longtemps en charge du dossier à l’ONU,
ouvre le
livre. Il s’agit tout aussitôt de comprendre les raisons de l’échec des
formidables moyens mis en œuvre depuis la Deuxième Guerre mondiale pour
éradiquer la faim. Puis d’identifier les ennemis du droit à
l’alimentation.
Pour saisir enfin le ressort des deux grandes stratégies à travers
lesquelles
progresse à présent le fléau : la production des agrocarburants et la
spéculation sur les biens agricoles. Comme toujours
avec Jean Ziegler, la souffrance a un visage, l’oppression un nom, et
les
mécanismes à l’œuvre sont saisis dans leur application concrète. Mais l’espoir est
là, qui s’incarne dans la résistance quotidienne de ceux qui, dans les
régions
dévastées, occupent les terres et opposent le droit à l’alimentation à
la
puissance des trusts agro-alimentaires. Ils attendent de nous un
indéfectible
soutien. Au nom de la
justice et de la dignité de l’Homme. Pour
commander
l’ouvrage.
Avec une Préface
d'Olivier De Schutter et une Introduction de Jean Ziegler.
Description de l'ouvrage:
Dans cet
ouvrage
pionnier, Christophe Golay décrit l’évolution de la protection du droit
à
l’alimentation depuis l’adoption de la Déclaration universelle des
droits de
l’homme de 1948. Il démontre ensuite comment il est devenu possible de
garantir
l’accès à la justice pour les victimes de violations de ce droit
fondamental.
Dans la première partie de cet ouvrage, Christophe Golay démontre que
les arguments
qui ont toujours été présentés contre la justiciabilité du droit à
l’alimentation sont aujourd’hui dépassés. Dans la deuxième partie, il
démontre
qu’il est possible d’avoir accès à la justice en cas de violations du
droit à
l’alimentation si ce droit est consacré, invocable et reconnu comme
étant
justiciable dans un système juridique donné. Ces trois conditions étant
réunies
en Inde, en Afrique du sud, en Argentine, en Colombie, en Suisse et sur
les
continents africain et américain, des millions de victimes de
violations du
droit à l’alimentation ont déjà eu accès à la justice.
Dr. Christophe Golay est Research Fellow à l’Académie de droit
international humanitaire et de droits humains à Genève. Il enseigne à
IHEID et
dans plusieurs Universités.
We live in a world that is richer than ever before, yet one in six
people go hungry every day. This paradox was the reason why the UN's
most important human rights body, the Commission on Human Rights (now
the UN Human Rights Council), appointed an expert to investigate the
realization of the human right to food around the world. The Fight for the Right to Food. Lessons
Learned documents the work of the UN's first
Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, giving
important insights into the work of a 'Special Rapporteur' and his
team. This book advances the understanding of the right to food in
theory and in practice, offering essential conceptual and legal
developments and an operational understanding of the right to food by
documenting experiences in 11 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin
America. It offers insights into the obstacles to the realization of
the right to food, sets out key challenges for the future, and pushes
forward the frontiers of international human rights law to address the
persistence of hunger in the face of globalization.
"The Impact of
the UN Special Procedures on the Development and Implementation of
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights" is a new publication by
Christophe Golay, Claire Mahon and Ioana Cismas, researchers at the
Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights and
members of the team supporting Jean Ziegler's mandate at the United
Nations. The study was published in the International Journal of Human Rights,
Vol.
15,
No.
2,
February 2011 An earlier draft is available on SSRN.
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The
Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights now receives
applications for the 4th annual Advanced
Training
Course
on
Monitoring
Economic,
Social
and Cultural Rights
which will take place in Geneva from 9-13 May 2011! More information
and the application form can be found on this website.
......
Jean
Ziegler
gave
an
interview for the prestigious German-language magazine Die Zeit.
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L'Humanité
du
Dimanche has published an article by
Jean Ziegler on the "New Democratic Order".
......
An
interview with Jean Ziegler talking about his life, work and the
political importance of the French language has been published in
German by the Swiss magazine Tages-Anzeiger.
......
Jean
Ziegler's
interview
on
the
renaissance
of
the
political
conscience
and
the
problem
of legitimacy of governing elites appeared in German in Medico
Rundschreiben.
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An article
by Jean Ziegler on the devastating disease Noma appears in the
prestigious review Jeune Afrique (in French). Prof. Ziegler explains
that malnutrition is one of the main risk factors of this dreadful
disease affecting children and outlines ways to prevent and combat
Noma.
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The
Swiss
Magazine
L'Illustré
published
an
interesting
interview
with
Jean
Ziegler
entitled
"Mon
Dictionaire
de
A
à
Z".
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The
Project
on
ESC
Rights
at
the
Geneva
Academy
of
International
Humanitarian
Law
and
Human
Rights
is proud to announce the launch of a
new training course on "Understanding Economic, Social and Cultural
Rights" which will take place from 8-12 November 2010 in Geneva. For more information.
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An interview
with Jean Ziegler talking about the
implications of the financial crisis has been published by Hamburger
Abendblatt
(in German).
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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.
......
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.
