Jean Ziegler is member of the UN Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee, working as an expert on economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to food.

During the period 2000-2008, Jean Ziegler was the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food. The publication The Fight for the Right to Food. Lessons Learned, co-authored by Jean Ziegler, Christophe Golay, Claire Mahon and Sally-Anne Way, documents the work of the UN's first Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and his team during the 8 years of mandate.

This website provides insight into the current and past work of Jean Ziegler related to the right to food, offers information on human rights law developments concerning the right to food and other economic and social rights, and serves as a platform for other relevant news and information.