![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/files\/2012\/01\/Ruppel-2.jpg\")
<\/h2>\nLLM (Stell), LLD (CU), MM (Hagen)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
| \n Prof Oliver C. Ruppel specialises in International Economic Law, Sustainable Development Law and Environmental Law. Before joining the faculty in 2011 he held one of the worldwide 14 founding academic chairs of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva (Switzerland), which he established at the University of Namibia, Windhoek, where he had previously also served as Director of the Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC), a national institute established by statute under the Namibian Ministry of Justice. Since 2012 Prof Ruppel is the Director of the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), hosted by the Water Institute at Stellenbosch University. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Fraunhofer Centre for International Management and Knowledge Economy (IMW), Leipzig (Germany); and a Professor Extraordinaire at various institutions around the world, including Strathmore Law School, Nairobi (Kenya); the Catholic University of Central Africa, Yaound\u00e9 (Cameroon); and the European Faculty of Law, Ljubljana (Slovenia).<\/p>\n Prof Ruppel is an International Arbitrator with the Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa and the Swiss Chamber for Commercial Mediation. He is a member of the International Conservations Union (IUCN) World Commission (WCEL); the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL); the Association for International Law (ILA); the Wildlife Justice Commission, The Hague (Netherlands); the Sahel Consortium (USA); the German African Law Association (Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Afrikanisches Recht); and the United Nations Environment Programme\u2019s (UNEP) Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in African Universities (ASSELLAU). He serves on various editorial boards such as the University of Namibia Law Review<\/em>; the International Yearbook on Soil Law and Policy, Springer<\/em>; the Journal of African Foreign Affairs; the Legal Series on Law and Constitution in Africa, Nomos<\/em>; and the Nigerian Journal of Environmental Law<\/em>. He is a standing member of the Scholarship Programme of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), where he was Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) for Africa in the 5th<\/sup> Assessment of Working Group II. During the past years Prof Ruppel was seconded to the German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), where in 2016 he established the Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme for sub-Saharan Africa, funded by the German Ministry for Development Cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n Prof Oliver C. Ruppel spesialiseer in Internasionale Ekonomiese Reg, Volhoubare Ontwikkelingsreg en Omgewingsreg.\u00a0 Voordat hy in 2011 by die fakulteit aangesluit het, het hy een van die 14 gesogte setels in die Akademiese Program van die W\u00eareldhandelsorganisasie (WHO), Gen\u00e8ve (Switserland), gehou, wat hy gestig het by die Universiteit van Namibi\u00eb, Windhoek, waar hy voorheen ook as direkteur gedien het by die Human Rights and Documentation Centre (HRDC), \u0149 nasionale instituut wat deur die Namibiese Ministerie van Justisie ingestel is.\u00a0 Sedert 2012 dien prof Ruppel as die Direkteur van die Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), aangebied deur die Waterinstituut by die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. Hy is \u0149 erelid by die Fraunhofer Centre for International Management and Knowledge Economy (IMW), Leipzig (Duitsland) en \u0149 ereprofessor by verskeie instansies regoor die w\u00eareld, insluitend Strathmore Law School, Nairobi (Kenia), die Catholic University of Central Afica, Yaound\u00e9 (Kameroen), en die European Faculty of Law, Ljubljana (Sloweni\u00eb).<\/p>\n Hy is \u0149 Internasionale Arbiter by die Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa en ‘n Kommersi\u00eble Middelaar by die Swiss Chamber for Commercial Mediation, Zurich (Switserland). Hy is lid van die International Conservations Union (IUCN) World Commission (WCEL); die Society of International Economic Law (SIEL); die Association for International Law (ILA); die Wildlife Justice Commission, Den Haag (Nederland); die Sahel Consortium (VSA); die German African Law Association (Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Afrikanisches Recht); en die United Nations Environment Programme\u2019s (UNEP) Association of Environmental Law Lecturers in African Universities (ASSELLAU). Hy dien op verskeie redaksionele rade soos die University of Namibia Law Review<\/em>; die International Yearbook on Soil Law and Policy, Springer<\/em>; die Journal of African Foreign Affairs; die Legal Series on Law and Constitution in Africa, Nomos<\/em>; en\u00a0die Nigerian Journal of Environmental La<\/em><\/span>w<\/em>. Hy is<\/span> \u0149 bestaande lid van die Studieprogram van die United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), waar hy die Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) vir Afrika in die 5de Assessering van Werkgroep II was. Die afgelope jare het Prof Ruppel gewerk by die German Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), waar hy in 2016 die Climate Policy and Energy Security Programme vir sub-Sahara Afrika gestig het, wat deur die German Ministry for Development Cooperation befonds word.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n LLB: Environmental Law<\/p>\n LLM: Sustainable Development Law<\/p>\n LLM: Legal Aspects of World and Regional Trade<\/td>\n LLB: Environmental Law<\/p>\n LLM: Sustainable Development Law<\/p>\n LLM: Legal Aspects of World and Regional Trade<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n International Economic Law<\/p>\n Sustainable Development Law<\/p>\n African Union and Regional Community Law in Africa<\/p>\n Environmental Law<\/td>\n International Economic Law<\/p>\n Sustainable Development Law<\/p>\n African Union and Regional Community Law in Africa<\/p>\n Environmental Law<\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Publications\/Publikasies<\/strong><\/p>\n Books\/Boeke<\/strong><\/p>\n |