Fatma Zohra Ksentini

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Fatma Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely
United Nations special rapporteur on Toxic Wastes
In office
1995–2004
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byOkechukwu Ibeanu
United Nations Commission on Human Rights special rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment
In office
1989–1994
Personal details
Born
Fatma Zohra Ksentini
NationalityAlgerian

Fatma Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely (née Ksentini)(Arabic: فاطمة زهرة قسنطيني) is an Algeria woman officeholder. She is the first United Nations special rapporteur on toxic wastes from 1995 to 2004. Before having her position, she was a "Special Rapporteur" in the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities from 1989 to 1994.

Career[change | change source]

Ksentini was a part of the "Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities". It was when she was named "special rapporteur" on Human Rights and the Environment in 1989.[1] For the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, she started a four-year search work into environmental human rights in 1990.[2] After completing her research in 1994, she submitted her findings to the "Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment".[1]

In 1995, Ksentini became the "United Nations Special Rapporteur" on Toxic Wastes.[3] During the starting of her office, she collected some information on the health effects of throwing out of toxic wastes.[4] After submitting her report in 1997, Ksentini gave negative comments on the "Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights". It was for not providing her the necessary funding to carry on the actual finding.[5] After being selected again in 1998, Ksentini developed many proposals on the destroying of toxic waste disposals into developing countries. Her final term as "Special Rapporteur" started in 2001 and ended in 2004.[6]

Outside of her work as Special Rapporetur, Ksentini was the chairwoman of the "Working Group on Contemporary Forms of Slavery" in 1991.[7]

Personal life[change | change source]

Ksentini was married to a Mr. Ouhachi-Vesely.[8]

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kvočekova, Barbora (11 July 2000). "Fighting dirty business: litigating environmental racism". Roma Rights Journal. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2017.open access publication – free to read
  2. ↑ Clay, Jason (1994). Who Pays the Price?: The Sociocultural Context Of Environmental Crisis. Washington D.C.: Island Press. pp. xi–xii. ISBN 1559633026. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Former Special Rapporteurs". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Olowu, Dejo (1 December 2006). "The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Adverse Effects of the Illicit Movement and Dumping of Toxic and Dangerous Wastes on the Enjoyment of Human Rights: A Critical Evaluation of the First Ten Years". Environmental Law Review. 8 (3): 208. doi:10.1350/enlr.2006.8.3.199. S2CID 154361294.
  5. ↑ Gwam, Cyril Uchenna (2010). Toxic Waste and Human Rights. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. pp. 141–42. ISBN 978-1452026886. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  6. ↑ Gwam 2010, p. 144-45.
  7. ↑ United Nations Department of Public Information, ed. (1992). Yearbook of the United Nations 1991. Vol. 45. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 1056. ISBN 0792319702. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Gwam 2010, p. 145.
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