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Jean Ziegler is a former Swiss Socialist lawmaker.

'''Jean Ziegler''' is a former Swiss Socialist lawmaker.

==Career==

==Career==

===Nomination to U.N. Human Rights Council===

===Nomination to U.N. Human Rights Council===

Jean Ziegler was nominated by the Swiss government to occupy one of 18 advisory positions on the U.N. Human Rights Council in March of 2008.

Jean Ziegler was nominated by the Swiss government to occupy one of 18 advisory positions on the U.N. Human Rights Council in March 2008.

====Reaction====

====Reaction====

* Ziegler has said the U.S. is committing "genocide" in [[Cuba]]

* Ziegler has said the U.S. is committing "genocide" in [[Cuba]]

* Ziegler has also accused Israel of "state terror" and "war crimes" with the U.S.'s blessing.

* Ziegler has also accused Israel of "state terror" and "war crimes" with the U.S.'s blessing.

* Earlier in March of 2008, Ziegler filed a report with the U.N. [[Human Rights Council]] blaming not a half-century of Communist rule, but America's "illegal blockade" of the island as Cuba's main obstacle to feeding its people.

* Earlier in March 2008, Ziegler filed a report with the U.N. [[Human Rights Council]] blaming not a half-century of Communist rule, but America's "illegal blockade" of the island as Cuba's main obstacle to feeding its people.

* From 2000 to 2004, Ziegler remained silent on a number of food emergencies in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, and elsewhere.

* From 2000 to 2004, Ziegler remained silent on a number of food emergencies in Burundi, the Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, and elsewhere.

* In 1986, Ziegler served as adviser to Ethiopian dictator [[Colonel Mengistu]] on a constitution instituting one-party rule.  

* In 1986, Ziegler served as adviser to Ethiopian dictator [[Colonel Mengistu]] on a constitution instituting one-party rule.  

* During a 2008 interview in [[Lebanon]], Ziegler said, "I refuse to describe [[Hezbollah]] as a terrorist organization. It is a national resistance movement. I can understand Hezbollah when they kidnap soldiers."  

* During a 2008 interview in [[Lebanon]], Ziegler said, "I refuse to describe [[Hezbollah]] as a terrorist organization. It is a national resistance movement. I can understand Hezbollah when they kidnap soldiers."  

* In 1989 Ziegler went to [[Libya]] to co-found the "[[Muammar Qaddafi]] Human Rights Prize." Recipients of this prestigious honor have included [[Fidel Castro]], Hugo Chavez, [[Louis Farrakhan]]. and Ziegler himself in 2002.

* In 1989 Ziegler went to [[Libya]] to co-found the "[[Muammar Qaddafi]] Human Rights Prize." Recipients of this prestigious honor have included [[Fidel Castro]], Hugo Chavez, [[Louis Farrakhan]]. and Ziegler himself in 2002.

* In an unprecedented move, both Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] and High Commissioner [[Louise Arbour]] publicly denounced Ziegler in 2005 for comparing Israeli soldiers to concentration camp guards. <ref>IBD Editorial, [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=291597467978635 U.N.-Believable Choice], Retrieved 30 April, 2008</ref>

* In an unprecedented move, both Secretary-General [[Kofi Annan]] and High Commissioner [[Louise Arbour]] publicly denounced Ziegler in 2005 for comparing Israeli soldiers to concentration camp guards.<ref>IBD Editorial, [http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=291597467978635 U.N.-Believable Choice], Retrieved 30 April 2008</ref>

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