Public Health in the Context of Environmental Protection: between the Foundations of Administrative Control and the Protection of Algerian Public Order

Abstract

The multiple requirements faced by the authorities of administrative control have made them responsible not only for protecting the State from the dangers it faces, but also for protecting individuals from risks that they cannot exclude, whether these risks come from other individuals, animals or natural phenomena. It is therefore not possible to encapsulate these requirements and their changing content in a specific formula.

Furthermore, the issue of environmental protection in relation to administrative control is based on reconciling the traditional and modern objectives of administrative control with the broad and evolving concept of the environment. This is based on the recognition that the preservation of its integrity is closely linked to elements of public order, of which public health is one of the most important elements. Public health is closely related to human life, and its preservation is essential to the preservation of life. Therefore, the State is obliged to preserve it by adopting regulatory measures in the field of environmental health.