John H Knox
@JohnHKnox
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John H. Knox is a law professor at Wake Forest University. From 2012 to 2018, he was the first UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.
Joined April 2015
The UN General Assembly has recognized the human right to a clean healthy and sustainable environment by an overwhelming vote of 161-0 with just eight abstentions. A truly historic moment.
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RT @jrockstrom: This is the first global map showing where the biosphere’s functional integrity is exceeded, and how biomass use, ecosystem….
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RT @UN_SPExperts: UN experts urge international community to reject Taliban’s violent & authoritarian rule in #Afghanistan. The Taliban’s i….
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RT @Katie_Surma: The State Department's human rights reports have erased sections highlighting abuses against Indigenous communities and re….
insideclimatenews.org
The Trump administration delayed releasing reports on countries’ human rights records. Now they’re out, and they’re starkly different than in the prior eight years.
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I just want to echo what David said! This is a great honor, but one that we both feel that we are sharing with the many people all over the world who have worked to bring human rights and environmental protection together.
Honoured to receive this award with my good friend and colleague @JohnHKnox but have to say there are so, so many people that played vital roles in the successful effort to secure global recognition of everyone's right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment!.
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RT @EnvirOptimist: Honoured to receive this award with my good friend and colleague @JohnHKnox but have to say there are so, so many people….
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RT @antonioguterres: Young people's fearless advocacy has been pivotal in the fight against the climate crisis. I'm proud to announce the….
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RT @amnestyusa: We are alarmed by the activation of National Guard troops to DC and the federal takeover of MPD. These unprecedented action….
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RT @hrw: President Donald Trump announced today the deployment of US National Guard troops in Washington, DC, a move that is dangerous and….
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RT @TenureFacility: When Indigenous, Afrodescendant & local communities have secure land rights, forests thrive. As #COP30 nears, #ThePledg….
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RT @UN_News_Centre: Gaza: No @UNRWA aid has entered for 150+ days. 193 Palestinians — including 96 children — have died from malnutrition t….
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The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a “catastrophic” humanitarian crisis, with no agency aid allowed in for more than five months and malnutrition deaths...
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RT @SRtoxics: #PlasticsPollution:INC5.2 negotiations for a global plastic pollution treaty are underway, aiming to address the full plastic….
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RT @AdHaque110: France's leading international law scholars, 160 in all, agree on 8 points, all of them important. Most dramatically:. "to….
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RT @UNGeneva: Independent human rights experts:. “All States must act decisively to prevent Israel’s destruction of the conditions of life….
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RT @WFPChief: We can’t airdrop our way out of an unfolding famine. Not in Gaza. 500,000 people are starving TODAY. The only way to get foo….
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RT @KHayhoe: I’m a climate scientist, four-time author of the US National Climate Assessment, and that is not true. Here’s a short and eas….
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RT @malonebarry: This isn't a thread about the genocide in Gaza. It's a thread about a likely genocide somewhere else: Ethiopia. But….
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RT @BenjamBlack: The conflict in Tigray is rarely in the international news, but is a tragedy of epic proportions.
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Research documents ‘horrific and extreme’ attacks by Ethiopian and Eritrean forces and warns that impunity has meant such atrocities are expanding to new regions
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RT @PearsonElaine: #Afghanistan: Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Kabul for allegedly violating Taliba….
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Since July 16, the Taliban have arrested dozens of women and girls in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, for allegedly violating Taliban dress codes.
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RT @SRclimatechange: 💫 So excited & grateful to share #child-friendly versions of my 2024 thematic reports on #HumanRights & #ClimateChange….
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RT @SREnvironment: Thank you Slovenia, Ambassador and your team, for your valuable leadership! . A #HumanRights approach and international….
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