John Knox was the first United Nations special rapporteur on human rights and environmental issues serving from 2012 until 2018.
[1] Knox is currently Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University.
Knox graduated with honors from Stanford Law School in 1987[2] and earned a BA in Economics and English from Rice University in 1984.
[3] In 2003, the American Society of International Law awarded Knox the Francis Deák Prize, honoring him as a young author who made a "meritorious contribution to international legal scholarship.
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