Jean Ziegler
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Jean Ziegler 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.
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Roger WatersAlso in C'era una volta in Italia - Giacarta sta arrivando (2022)
Javier MoroAlso in The hunger in the world explained to my son
Gerardo OlivaresAlso in The hunger in the world explained to my son
Byung-Chul HanAlso won Salzburg State Prize for Future Research
François EnglertAlso won Honorary doctor of the University of Mons
Uri AvneryAlso won Blue Planet AwardAbout this person
Jean Ziegler 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, 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."
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