ABSTRACT
As noted, the UN Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities appointed a Special Rapporteur in 1990 to study the relationship between human rights and the environment. Ms. Fatma Zohra Ksentini was appointed to the position. She submitted four reports including a note during her tenure as Special Rapporteur and a set of draft articles on human rights and the environment. The draft principles on human rights and the environment which were appended to the final report specifically recognized that “sustainable development links the right to development and the right to a secure, healthy and ecologically sound environment”5 and that human rights violations lead to environmental degradation and vice versa. The mandate of the Special Rapporteur was strengthened and expanded in 2011 to cover not only the illicit movement but also the whole life-cycle of hazardous materials.
