The UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights reports that John Knox, the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and the Environment has called on states to take obligations concerning the environment seriously: “It is now beyond argument that human rights law includes obligations relating to the environment,” said John Knox, urging States “to take these obligations into account in the development and implementation of their environmental policies.”
Mr. Knox’s appeal was issued during the presentation of his first comprehensive report to the UN Human Rights Council on the human rights obligations relating to environmental protection.