Professor of Law, Wake Forest University. From 2012 to 2018, I was the first UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment.
John H Knox
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🌊 Today is #WorldEnvironmentDay!
Read our 2021 Q&A with environmental law expert @johnhknox.bsky.social on why a healthy environment is a human right — now recognized as such by the UN Human Rights Council.
✍️ @katarinazimmer.bsky.social: knowmag.org/4uQ0laE
A Kenyan court ruled a lawsuit against British oil giant BP over 1980s toxic waste can proceed. Petitioners allege oil exploration contaminated groundwater, killing 500+ people and thousands of livestock.
This "historical injustice" case could open the door for more legal action across Kenya.
This kind of downstream consequence is precisely how authoritarianism works - even if SPLC beats the case, they suffer severe financial and reputational harms, deterring further opposition.
I am honored to assume the presidency of @asilorg.bsky.social. Our 4000 members share a mission: to foster the study of international law, and to promote the establishment and maintenance of international relations on the basis of law and justice.
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‘President Trump had called the plan [to reduce shipping emissions] a "green scam" and representatives of his administration had threatened countries with tariffs if they had voted in favour.’
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There is a huge shift in climate politics happening RIGHT NOW in Santa Marta, Colombia. Countries are meeting to discuss a treaty to phase out fossil fuels -- the one issue that #UNFCCC has studiously avoided for 30 years. 🧵
🌱✊ #EnvironmentalDemocracy update: CIEL will join the 1st European Forum on Environmental Human Rights Defenders—a new regional space strengthening protection for environmental defenders in Europe.
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Under Lee Zelden the EPA, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... via @elizkolbert.bsky.social
