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2025 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy
Advancing the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
Please join us for the conferring of the 2025 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Professor John H. Knox and Dr. David R. Boyd for their groundbreaking efforts as successive United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the human right to a healthy environment. The program will include a timely panel discussion with the laureates which will be broadcast live to a global audience.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
5:00 p.m. EST | Reception to Follow
In person at Pace University and Broadcast Live via Zoom at 5:15 p.m. EST
Register to Attend in Person Register to Attend Via Zoom
2025 Laureates
Professor John H. Knox (right)
Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment 2018–2024
Dr. David R. Boyd (left)
Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Sustainability, IRES, University of British Columbia; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment 2012–2018
About the Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy
The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is the world’s most distinguished award in the field of environmental law. The award was established in 1997 by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, in cooperation with the Haub Family, to honor the legacy of Elisabeth Haub (1899–1977), a noted philanthropist and advocate for strong laws for the conservation of nature.
October 23
5:00pm to 7:00pm
Pace University - Bianco Room
15 Beekman Street, 3rd Fl., New York, NY
In person and broadcast live via Zoom
Event Type:
Alumni
Current Students
Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Environmental
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Open to the Public
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2025 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Advancing the Human Right to a Healthy Environment
Please join us for the conferring of the 2025 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy on Professor John H. Knox and Dr. David R. Boyd for their groundbreaking efforts as successive United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the human right to a healthy environment. The program will include a timely panel discussion with the laureates which will be broadcast live to a global audience.
Thursday, October 23, 2025
5:00 p.m. EST | Reception to Follow
In person at Pace University and Broadcast Live via Zoom at 5:15 p.m. EST
Register to Attend in Person Register to Attend Via Zoom
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2025 Laureates
Professor John H. Knox (right)
Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment 2018–2024
Dr. David R. Boyd (left)
Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Sustainability, IRES, University of British Columbia; UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment 2012–2018
About the Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy
The Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy is the world’s most distinguished award in the field of environmental law. The award was established in 1997 by the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, in cooperation with the Haub Family, to honor the legacy of Elisabeth Haub (1899–1977), a noted philanthropist and advocate for strong laws for the conservation of nature.
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