GENEVA (2 June 2016) – Speaking ahead of World Environment Day on Sunday 5 June, Three United Nations human rights experts: The UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, John Knox; the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Michel Forst, and the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, call on every Government to protect environmental and land rights defenders, and stress that “protecting environmental rights defenders is crucial to protect the environment and the human rights that depend on it, and Governments should never forget that.” Read full story in English | Khmer.