Jean Ziegler

Jean Ziegler French: ; born Hans Ziegler, 19 April 1934 is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva as well as the Sorbonne, Paris, in addition to former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was ago Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, particularly as Special Rapporteur on the adjusting 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."

Early life and teaching career

Jean Ziegler was born on 19 April 1934 in Thun, Switzerland. His father was the president of the town's 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 Guevara's 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 coding Studies, where he taught sociology. He also held the position of associate professor at the Sorbonne in Paris.