Human Rights and the Environment: Carrying the Conversation Forward - ASEM Seminar on Human Rights

ASEM logo

 

Independent Expert John Knox served as a keynote speaker at the Asia-Europe Meeting on Human Rights and Environment, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 October 2013. He spoke about the benefits of a human rights approach to environmental protection. Knox acknowledged that human rights and environmental issues have historically been discussed in separation from one another, but stressed that this is quickly changing. See "Human Rights and the Environment: Carrying the Conversation Forward - ASEM Seminar on Human Rights"