John H. Knox

Wake Forest University - School of Law

P.O. Box 7206

Winston-Salem, NC 27109

United States

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1.

The Ruggie Rules: Applying Human Rights Law to Corporations

The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (Radu Mares ed., 2012), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1916664
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 25 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human Rights Council, John Ruggie, corporations and human rights

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Climate Change and Human Rights Law

Virginia Journal of International Law, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2009, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1480120
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 30 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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climate change, human rights

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Linking Human Rights and Climate Change at the United Nations

Harvard Environmental Law Review, Vol. 33, 2009, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1457793
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2009
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, climate change, United Nations, UN

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Constructing the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Forthcoming , Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 18 Mar 2020
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, United Nations, climate change

Constructing the Human Right to a Healthy Environment

Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Vol. 16, pp. 79-95, 2020
Posted: 19 Oct 2020
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law

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The Paris Agreement As a Human Rights Treaty

Human Rights and 21st Century Challenges: Poverty, Conflict, and the Environment (Akande et al. eds., Oxford University Press)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Jun 2018
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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climate change, human rights

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Climate Change Report

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/31/52
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 10 Feb 2016
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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United Nations, human rights, environment, climate change

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Human Rights Principles and Climate Change

Oxford Handbook of International Climate Change Law (Cinnamon Carlarne, Kevin R. Gray, and Richard Tarasofsky eds., 2015) , Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2523599
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Nov 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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climate change, human rights

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Horizontal Human Rights Law

American Journal of International Law, Forthcoming, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1014381
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 16 Sep 2007
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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International law, human rights law

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Human Rights, Environmental Protection, and the Sustainable Development Goals

24 Washington International Law Journal 517 (2015), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 15 Sep 2015
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, sustainable development goals

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Introduction to The Human Right to a Healthy Environment

The Human Right to a Healthy Environment (Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Oct 2018
John H. Knox and Ramin Pejan
Wake Forest University - School of Law and Earthjustice
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human rights, environment

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Biodiversity Report

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/34/49, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2017
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, biodiversity, ecosystem services

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Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Mission to Costa Rica

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/25/53 Add. 1, 2014, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2510948
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 18 Oct 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, Costa Rica, Human Rights Council

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment

United Nations General Assembly, UN Doc. A/73/188 (2018)
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 20 Mar 2019
John H. Knox and David R Boyd
Wake Forest University - School of Law and University of British Columbia (UBC)
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human rights, environment, human right to a healthy environment, Global Pact, General Assembly

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Diagonal Environmental Rights

UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND EXTRATERRITORIAL OBLIGATIONS, Mark Gibney & Sigrun Skogly, eds., University of Pennsylvania Press, 2010
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 May 2008 Last Revised: 21 May 2013
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human rights law, international environmental law, extraterritoriality

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Environmental Justice as Environmental Human Rights

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Forthcoming, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 4353718
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 28 Jan 2025
John H. Knox and Nicole Tronolone
Wake Forest University - School of Law and McGuireWoods LLP
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human rights law, environment, environmental justice, United States, racism, indigenous rights

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A Presumption Against Extrajurisdictionality

American Journal of International Law, July 2010, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1657126
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Aug 2010 Last Revised: 22 Sep 2010
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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judicial canons, legislative jurisdiction, jurisdiction to prescribe, presumption against extraterritoriality

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The Flawed Trail Smelter Procedure: The Wrong Tribunal, the Wrong Parties, and the Wrong Law

TRANSBOUNDARY HARMS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW: LESSONS FROM THE TRAIL SMELTER ARBITRATION, Rebecca Bratspies and Russell Miller, eds., 2005
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Feb 2005
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Framework Principles

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/59
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 29 Mar 2018
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, sustainable development

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The Innovative North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 91
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Oct 2003
David L. Markell and John H. Knox
Florida State University - College of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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The Neglected Lessons of the NAFTA Environmental Regime

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2010, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1604141
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 May 2010
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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NAFTA, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, U.S. free trade agreements, trade and environment

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The Global Pact for the Environment: At the Crossroads of Human Rights and the Environment

Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law (RECIEL) issue 28(1), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2020
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Global Pact for the Environment, human rights, environment

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The Unpredictable Presumption Against Extraterritoriality

Southwestern University Law Review, Forthcoming, Wake Forest University Legal Studies Paper No. 1739967
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 15 Jan 2011
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Presumption Against Extraterritoriality, Securities Law

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Legislative Jurisdiction, Judicial Canons, and International Law

Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 1349127
Number of pages: 107 Posted: 25 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2009
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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legislative jurisdiction, jurisdiction to prescribe, presumption against extraterritoriality

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Dismantling the Fortress: Reforming International Conservation

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 11 Sep 2024
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, protected areas, Indigenous rights, conservation

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Reclaiming Global Environmental Leadership: Why the United States Should Ratify Ten Pending Environmental Treaties

Center for Progressive Reform White Paper No. 1201
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 08 Jun 2012
University of Florida Levin College of Law, City University of New York - School of Law, American University - Washington College of Law, Wake Forest University - School of Law, University of Richmond - School of Law and University of Montana - Alexander Blewett III School of Law
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albatrosses and petrels, Antarctic Liability Annex, Basel Convention, Biodiversity Convention, London Dumping Convention, Plant Genetic Resources Treaty, Rotterdam and Stockholm Conventions, Convention on the Law of the Sea

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Environmental Disasters and Human Rights

The Role of International Environmental Law in Reducing Disaster Risk, Jacqueline Peel & David Fisher eds., Forthcoming
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 08 Nov 2015
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, disaster risk reduction, international environmental law

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The Past, Present, and Future of Human Rights and the Environment

Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2018
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 May 2019
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment

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Evaluating Citizen Petition Procedures: Lessons from an Analysis of the NAFTA Environmental Commission

Texas International Law Journal, Vol. 47, 2012, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 567
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 27 Apr 2012
David L. Markell and John H. Knox
Florida State University - College of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law
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The United Nations Mandate on Human Rights and the Environment

J May and E Daly eds, Encyclopedia of Human Rights and the Environment (Edward Elgar, Forthcoming), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 10 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 25 Feb 2020
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human Rights, Environment, United Nations

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The United States, Environmental Agreements, and the Political Question Doctrine

North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation, Vol. 40, 2015, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2613681
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 03 Jun 2015
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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treaties, political question, multilateral environmental agreements, climate change, Minamata Convention

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The Boundary Waters Treaty: Ahead of Its Time, and Ours

Wayne Law Review, Vol. 54, 2009
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 01 Apr 2009 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2009
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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water pollution, international environmental law, transboundary harm

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Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Mapping Report

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/25/53, 2013
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, United Nations, Human Rights Council

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Separated at Birth: The North American Agreements on Labor and the Environment

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 May 2004
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Implementation Report

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/31/53, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 Feb 2016
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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United Nations, human rights, environment

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Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Compilation of Good Practices

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/28/61
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 26 Apr 2015
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, United Nations

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Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Preliminary Report

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/22/43, 24 December 2012
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Oct 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, United Nations, Human Rights Council

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Report of the Independent Expert on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Mission to France

United Nations Human Rights Council, Twenty-eight session, Agenda item 3, March 6, 2015
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 May 2015
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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human rights, environment, United Nations, France

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment: Children's Rights

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/58, 2018
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Apr 2018
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human Rights, Environment, Sustainable Development, Children

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, on His Visit to Madagascar

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/34/49 Add. 1, 2017, Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 12 Jun 2017
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Madagascar, human rights, mining, logging, CITES

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment on His Mission to Mongolia

United Nations Human Rights Council, A/HRC/37/58/Add.2
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 13 Mar 2019
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human Rights, Environment, Sustainable Development, Mongolia

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Fixing the CEC Submissions Procedure: Are the 2012 Revisions Up to the Task?

Golden Gate University Environmental Law Review, Vol. 7, 2013
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Nov 2014
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Issue of Human Rights Obligations Relating to the Enjoyment of a Safe, Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment on His Mission to Uruguay

United Nations Human Rights Council
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 13 Mar 2019
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law
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Human Rights, Environment, Sustainable Development, Uruguay

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The Judicial Resolution of Conflicts between Trade and the Environment

Posted: 09 Mar 2004
John H. Knox
Wake Forest University - School of Law

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environmental law; international law; international trade; international environmental law

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Greening NAFTA: The Experience and Potential of the North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation

FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 62
Posted: 26 Sep 2002
David L. Markell and John H. Knox
Florida State University - College of Law and Wake Forest University - School of Law

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