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Affiliation Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch; The Development and Rule of Law Programme [DROP] Republic of South Africa

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Mailing Address Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch Republic of South Africa Alternative e-mail: ruppel@mweb.com.na

Phone/Fax Number(s) Tel: +27 (0)21 808 3561 Fax: +27 (0)21 886 6235

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Countries of Specialization Namibia, South Africa, African Union

Education Graduated in law after studies at the Universities of Lausanne (Switzerland) and Munich (Germany) Master of Laws degree (LLM/Public Law) from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), a doctoral degree in law from the University of Pressburg (Slovakia) one of the first lawyers to be awarded the academic degree Master of Mediation (MM) from the University of Hagen (Germany) with a specialisation in economic and environmental extrajudicial dispute settlement. He holds a postgraduate diploma in International Human Rights Law from bo Academi University, Turku (Finland) and a postgraduate diploma from the Munich School of Philosophy SJ (Germany). At the moment he is a habilitation candidate (Public Law) at the University of Bremen (Germany), researching on environmental human rights in sub-Sahara Africa.

Research Interests Human rights law, environmental law and public law Aspects of international trade Sustainable development law Regional integration in Africa

Teaching Interests Human rights law, environmental law and public law aspects of international trade Public international law and diplomacy

Publications * OC Ruppel / C Roschmann / K Ruppel-Schlichting (2013) Climate Change: International Law and Global Governance: Legal Responses and Global Responsibility. Volume I. Baden-Baden: NOMOS Law Publishers Germany. 1016 pp. (English). OC Ruppel / C Roschmann / K Ruppel-Schlichting (2013) Climate Change: International Law and Global Governance: Policy, Diplomacy and Governance in a Changing Environment. Volume II. Baden-Baden: NOMOS Law Publishers Germany. 923 pp. (English). Ruppel OC/ Ruppel-Schlichting K (2013) Environmental Law and Policy in Namibia. Towards making Africa the tree of life. Second Fully Revised Edition. Windhoek: Orumbonde Press. Essen: Welwitschia Verlag Dr. A. Eckl. 567 pp. (http://www.environment-namibia.net/). (English). Hinz MO/ Ruppel OC/ Mapaure C (2012) Knowledge lives in the lake. Case studies in environmental and customary law from southern Africa. Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. 274 pp. (English). Ruppel OC/ Winter G (2011) Justice from within: Legal Pluralism in Africa and beyond. Hamburg: Dr Kovac Publisher of Academic Literature. 646 pp. (English). Ruppel OC/ Ruppel-Schlichting K (2011) Environmental Law and Policy in Namibia. Windhoek: Orumbonde Press. Essen: Welwitschia Verlag Dr. A. Eckl. 427 pp. (http://www.environment-namibia.net/) (English). Ruppel OC/ Ambunda LN (2011) The Justice Sector and the Rule of Law in Namibia. Framework, Selected Legal Aspects and Cases. Windhoek: Namibia Institute for Democracy. 154 pp. (http://www.nid.org.na/pdf/publications/Framework%20Book%20Final%2026_05_11.pdf) (English). Ruppel OC (2009) Children’s Rights in Namibia. Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. 435 pp. (http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/dokument_id-18139/index.html) (English). Ruppel OC (2008) Women and Custom Namibia: Cultural Practice versus Gender Equality? Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. 228 pp. (http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/dokument_id-15086/index.html). (English). Hinz MO/ Ruppel OC (2008) Biodiversity and the Ancestors: Challenges to Customary and Environmental Law. Case studies from Namibia. Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. 282 pp.

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