Jean Ziegler

Jean Ziegler born Hans Ziegler 19 April 1934 is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne Paris and former vicepresident of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999 He has also held several positions with the United Nations especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008 and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012 Ziegler has authored numerous works is a lecturer and is well known for this sentence A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child Jean Ziegler was born on 19 April 1934 in Thun Switzerland His father was the president of the towns court and a reserve artillery colonel Ziegler married and had one son He studied at the universities of Bern and Geneva and has doctorates in Law and Sociology He also earned his barrister brevet at the bar association of Geneva In 1952 he met Abbé Pierre in Paris and became the first director of the Emmaus charitable community of Geneva In 1964 Ziegler admired the Cuban rebels and was Che Guevaras chauffeur in Geneva Ziegler was professor at the University of Grenoble and until 2002 at the University of Geneva and at the Graduate Institute of Development Studies where he taught sociology He also held the position of associate professor at the Sorbonne in Paris In 1963 Jean Ziegler was elected at the municipal council of Geneva as a social democrat From 1967 to 1983 and from 1987 to 1999 he held a seat at the Swiss National Council While there he was the president of the SwissThird World parliamentary group He joined the commissions for foreign affairs science and international trade Nominated by Switzerland he was the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008 Following Zieglers election the Swiss government stated that it attaches great importance to human rights and is pleased that a Swiss candidate will be able to contribute his expertise to the committee As one of the 18 initial members of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council who were elected on 26 March 2008 Jean Ziegler served a oneyear term receiving forty of fortyseven votes in 2008 to finish first in a field of seven candidates He concluded his second term 30 September 2012 but was reelected on 26 September 2013 with a term lasting until 30 September 2016 He is also a member of the advisory board of the nonprofit organization Business Crime Control which targets whitecollar crime Jean Ziegler was made knight chevalier of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1994 He has an honorary degree at the University of Mons in Belgium He was awarded the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic The Republic of Cape Verde awarded him the National Order of Amílcar Cabral first degree He received the Gaddafi Human Rights Prize in 2002 Source Article Jean Ziegler from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30