In March 2008, Jean Ziegler was elected member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights. One year later, the Human Rights Council decided, by acclamation, to re-elect Jean Ziegler as a member of the Advisory Committee, a post he held until 2012. The Advisory Committee elected Jean Ziegler as Vice-President of the forum for two terms. His area of expertise covers economic, social and cultural rights and in particular the right to food.<\/p>\n
In September 2000, Jean Ziegler was nominated by the UN Commission on Human Rights to be the first UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food. His mandate was renewed in June 2006 by the UN Human Rights Council, the newly established intergovernmental mechanism charged with the promotion and protection of human rights.<\/p>\n
Before his appointments at the UN, Jean Ziegler was well known for his work as a professor and Member of the Federal Parliament of Switzerland for 18 years.<\/p>\n
Jean Ziegler is a honorary Professor at the University of Geneva, where he established the Laboratory of sociology for the study of the societies of the Third World. Most of his academic work has focused on developing countries. Jean Ziegler has also taught at the l\u2019Institut d\u2019\u00e9tudes politiques de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Grenoble and the Universit\u00e9 de Paris I Sorbonne. He is also qualified as a lawyer, with doctorates in law and in sociology from the University of Berne and an appointment before the Bar of Geneva.<\/p>\n
For his activity and publications, Jean Ziegler has been honored with several awards and decorations. Jean Ziegler holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Li\u00e8ge and Mons \u2013 Hainaut in Belgium, and from the Universities of Savoie and Paris 8 in France. His other distinctions include: Chevalier de l\u2019Ordre national des Arts et des Lettres de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise, M\u00e9daille d\u2019or du Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique italienne, Ordre national Am\u00edlcar Cabral, premier degr\u00e9, R\u00e9publique du Cap Vert, M\u00e9daille d\u2019honneur du Pr\u00e9sident de la R\u00e9publique d\u2019Alg\u00e9rie, Pr\u00e9sident honoraire de la Presse Embl\u00e8me Campagne.<\/p>\n
Jean Ziegler was awarded the \u201cPrix litt\u00e9raire pour les droits de l\u2019homme 2008″ for his book La Haine de l’Occident. His most recent book is Destruction Massive: G\u00e9opolitique de la faim which first appeared in 2011 in French at the publishing house Seuil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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