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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