Special Rapporteur John Knox attended an American Society of International Law workshop at Stanford Law School in May 2015. A July 1, 2015 report summarizes the key findings of the workshop, including ways that international environmental law can reduce disaster risk. The report emphasizes the importance of closing conceptual gaps between disaster law and environmental law.
American Society of International Law report on environmental law and disaster mitigation

About John Knox
John Knox is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment. He is also the Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at the Wake Forest University School of Law.
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- Presentation to Human Rights Council February 17, 2016
- Joint statement on Rio Doce disaster November 25, 2015
- Putting Rio Principle 10 into action October 29, 2015
- October 2015 Newsletter October 27, 2015
- UN experts applaud ECLAC negotiation October 23, 2015
- Knox Statement to Human Rights Council March 6, 2018
- Newsletter no. 26 February 1, 2018
- Framework Principles on Human Rights and the Environment January 24, 2018
- Report on children’s rights and the environment January 24, 2018
- Statement on Evictions of Sengwer in western Kenya January 15, 2018
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