Fatma Zohra Ksentini

Fatma Zohra Ouhachi-Vesely (née Ksentini)() 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 
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. For the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, she started a four-year search work into environmental human rights in 1990. After completing her research in 1994, she submitted her findings to the "Draft Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and the Environment".

In 1995, Ksentini became the "United Nations Special Rapporteur" on Toxic Wastes. During the starting of her office, she collected some information on the health effects of throwing out of toxic wastes. 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. 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.

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

 Personal life 
Ksentini was married to a Mr. Ouhachi-Vesely.

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