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Jean Ziegler | |
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.jpg) Ziegler in 2009 | |
| Born | Hans Ziegler 19 April 1934 Thun, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, adviser, sociologist |
Jean Ziegler (French: [ziglɛʁ]; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934) is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president 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,[1] 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."[2]
- ^ "Special Rapporteur on the right to food". UN Human Rights Council. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
- ^ "Un enfant qui meurt de faim est un enfant assassiné." (Destruction massive: Géopolitique de la faim, Paris, Éditions du Seuil, 2011.)
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