Abstract

The Basel Convention is an international treaty between nations on the control of transboundary movements of harmful wastes and their disposal (hereinafter referred to as “the Basel Convention’s) that was approved on 1989 when the news media highlights many incidences of unsuitable waste dumping in Eastern Europe and Africa. This paper explains that this Basel convention does not justify its promise of shielding a developing nation and how diminish the transboundary actions of harmful wastes with increasing the issue of environment and human health. It is argued that the rules of this convention are mostly focused on hazardous activities under the national jurisdiction of the state and affecting other states, but they do not provide enough guidance because of remining some limitations of this Basel convention. Nevertheless, if above issues are continued it will be affected on health of human being and environment tremendously. This paper will show the way for controlling hazardous wastes and secure the environment including human health and then protect the source of generation with sustainable use of possessions by developing the administration of dangerous wastelands and other wastes.