staff profiles: FACULTY OF LAW

Dr Oliver C Ruppel



centre/Department: human rights and documentation centre

NAME: (Title , First, Last Names) Dr Oliver C Ruppel
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS
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  • LL D (Pressburg)
  • LL M / Public Law (Stellenbosch)
  • M M (Hagen)
  • PG Dipl Phil (Munich School of Philosophy SJ)
  • LL B Hons (German Law Exams: Schleswig / Munich)
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    CURRENT POSITION Director: Human Rights and Documentation Centre [HRDC]
    CAMPUS ADDRESS
    (Postal, Room No, Block/Unit)    		 Human Rights and Documentation Centre
    University of Namibia, Faculty of Law
    Private Bag 13301, 340  
    Main Campus, Mandume Ndemufayo Ave., F Block
    Pioneerspark, Windhoek, Namibia
    Office Phone
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    Cell phone (optional)    		 Tel:  +264-61 206 3664
    Fax: +264-61 206 3293
    E-MAIL ADDRESS ocruppel@unam.na
    SHORT BIOGRAPHY
    (maximum 150 words)    		 Oliver C Ruppel is the Director of the Human Rights and Documentation Centre at the Faculty of Law, where he also lectures. Prior to his 2006 UNAM appointment he worked internationally as a legal and business consultant, arbitrator and as part time lecturer in various institutions. He is engaged in national and international legal consultancies and functions inter alia as legal advisor to the Office of the Ombudsman of Namibia in environmental matters. He graduated in law after studies at the Universities of Lausanne (Switzerland) and Munich (Germany). He holds a Master of Laws degree from the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa), a doctoral degree in law from the University of Pressburg (Slovakia), a Master of Mediation degree from the University of Hagen and a postgraduate diploma from the Munich School of Philosophy (Germany).
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    RECENTLY TAUGHT COURSES
    (last 2 years- include course codes)
  • Public International Law
  • Human Rights and Gender Law
  • Environmental Law
  • International Economic Law
  • Comparative Law
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
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    ACADEMIC INTEREST/ EXPERTISE The interrelationship between international trade, human rights and the protection of the environment
    RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
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    Note: Acronyms to be written out in full    		 A) BOOKS

    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).

    Ruppel OC/Hinz MO (2008) Biodiversity and the Ancestors: Challenges to Customary and Environmental Law. Case studies from Namibia. Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. 282 pp. (http://www.kuiseb-verlag.com/product_info.php?products_id=118). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2007) Interdisziplinäre Schlüsselqualifikation Mediation – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und akademische Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac. 178 pp. (http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/3-8300-2788-5.htm). (German).

    B) JOURNALS- AND OTHER BOOK CONTRIBURIONS

    Ruppel OC (2009) Local Knowledge and Legal Implications for the Conservation of Biological Diversity in Namibia. In: Conservation of Medicinal Plants, Eds. Pati RN / Tewari DN (New Dehli: SB Nangia APH Publishing Corporation), 32 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC/ Mfune J/ Willemse N
    (Forthcoming 2009) Climate Change Policy for Namibia. UNDP Report for the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism. Windhoek: UNDP. 199 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC (Forthcoming 2009) The SADC Tribunal, Regional Integration and Human Rights: Major Challenges, Legal Dimensions and Some Comparative Aspects from the European Legal Order. In: Recht in Afrika. 2009/2 (Köln: Köppe Verlag). 22 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC (2009) The Southern African Development Community (SADC) and its Tribunal: Reflexions on a Regional Economic Communities’ Potential Impact on Human Rights Protection. In: Verfassung und Recht in Übersee. 2009/2 (Baden-Baden: Nomos). 14 pp. (http://www.verfassung-und-recht.de/vrue/hefte/IVZ_VRue_09_02.pdf). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2009)Regional Economic Communities and Human Rights in East and Southern Africa. In: Human Rights in Africa, Eds. Bösl A / Diescho J (Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers). 43 pp. (http://www.kas.de/upload/auslandshomepages/namibia/Human_Rights_in_Africa/9_Ruppel.pdf). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2009) Das SADC Tribunal: Eine Juristische Zwischenbilanz. Allgemeine Zeitung, 05.02.2009. (Windhoek).
    (http://www.az.com.na/afrika/das-sadc-tribunal-eine-juristische-zwischenbilanz.80234.php). (German).

    Ruppel OC/ Bangamwabo FX (2008) The Mandate of the SADC Tribunal and its Role for Regional Integration. In: 2008 Yearbook for Regional Integration, Eds. Bösl A / Breydenbach K / Hartzenberg F / Mccarthy C / Schade K (Stellenbosch: TRALAC. 42 pp. (http://www.tralac.org/cause_data/images/1694/MRI2008WithCover20090415.pdf). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) Linking environment to human rights. 2008/1 ROAN NEWS. Namibian Environment and Wildlife Society. 2 pp.  Windhoek. (http://www.news-namibia.org/forumdet.htm). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) Third Generation Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment in Namibia. In: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A (Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers). 20 pp. (http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/-/dokument_id-16045/index.html). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) The Human Rights and Documentation Centre at UNAM. In: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A (Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers). 10 pp. (http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/-/dokument_id-16045/index.html). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) The Role of the Executive in the Promotion of the Independence of the Judiciary. In: Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A (Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers). 22 pp. (http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/dokument_id-15058/index.html). (English).

    Ruppel OC / Bethune S (2007) Review of Namibian Policy and legislative support to the sustainable use of wetlands in the Zambezi Basin. Report for the World Conservation Union, IUCN. (Harare: IUCN). 88 pp. (http://www.ramsar.org/features/features_namibia_review.pdf). (English).

    C) CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTIONS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

    Ruppel OC (Forthcoming 2009) The Ombudsman and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Facets of Legal Pluralism in Namibia. Conference on Legal Pluralist Perspectives on Development and Cultural Diversity, organised by the Commission on Legal Pluralism, Zurich, Switzerland, 31 August – 03 September 2009. (English).

    Ruppel OC (Forthcoming 2009) Implications of Indigenous Knowledge and Customary Law for Biodiversity Conservation in Namibia in the Context of Developmental Considerations. 3rd European Conference on African Studies held at the University of Leipzig, Germany, 4 – 7 June 2009. (English).

    Ruppel OC (Forthcoming 2009) Environmental Assessment in Namibia: Theory and Practice. 2009 Conference of the Society of Law Teachers of Southern Africa held at the University of Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, 13 – 16 July 2009. (English).

    Ruppel OC (Forthcoming 2009) Teaching and Research of Environmental Law in Africa and Namibia. Proceedings of the Conference on African Legal Theory at Windhoek, Namibia, 22 – 25 March 2008. Publication by the Association on African Legal Theory, Brussels, Belgium, 32 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC (2009) The SADC Tribunal and its Role for Regional Integration. Tagung für Regionalintegration in Afrika, Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen, Germany, 7 – 9 November 2008. (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) Climate Change, Human Vulnerability and the Protection of the Environment in Namibia. Proceedings of the 6th Annual Colloquium of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law at the Metropolitan Autonomous University Mexico City, 10 – 15 November 2008. Publication forthcoming by the IUCN Academy, Ontario, Canada, 27 pp, (http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.iucnael.org/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,
    211/Itemid,/lang,english/&sa=U&start=3&ei=d8tgSrrVBISGjAeu9YjnDw&usg=AFQjCNFk1849vVOiCyB2_pe3Bxwl7Rt_Wg    ). (English).

    Ruppel OC/ Groenewaldt A (2008) Conditions of Police Cells in Namibia, Published Report of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Windhoek, 29 pp. (http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_14189-544-1-30.pdf). (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) The Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia. Conference on the Independence of the Judiciary in Sub-Saharan Africa, held by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Rule of Law in Sub-Sahara Africa Programme at the Imperial Resort Beach Hotel, Entebbe, Uganda, 24 – 28 June 2008, published in the KAS Conference Report, compiled by Wendoh P, 32 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC/ Ruppel-Schlichting K (2007)   The Ombudsman of Namibia. Proceedings of the UNHCHR Conference on legal systems: Between formal and informal Justice at Windhoek, Namibia, June 2007. Forthcoming in: Between formal and informal Justice, Eds. Hinz MO / Mapaure C (Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society). 28 pp. (English).

    Ruppel OC (2006) Nature conservation in Namibia: Customary law to complement statutory environmental law? Proceedings of the UNEP Second Symposium of Environmental Law at Entebbe, Uganda, 25 28 September 2006. 27 pp. (http://www.unep.org/Law/Calendar/PDF_docs/2ndSymp_Entebbe2006_participants.pdf). (English).

    D) BOOK REVIEWS

    Ruppel OC (2009) Namibia Law Journal 2/2009. Thiedemann H (2007) Judicial Independence. Eine rechtsvergleichende Untersuchung der Sicherung unabhängiger Rechtsprechung in Südafrika und Deutschland. Baden Baden: Nomos. (English).

    Ruppel OC (2008) Eine Juristische Dauerbaustelle. Allgemeine Zeitung, Windhoek, 28.11.2008. Buchrezension eines Werkes von Ingo von Münch (2007) Die Deutsche Staatsangehörigkeit: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart, Zukunft. Berlin: De Gruyter. (http://www.az.com.na/kultur/eine-juristische-dauerbaustelle.77223.php). (German).

    E) REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

    Thiedemann H (2009) Verfassung und Recht in Übersee 2/2009, p 298. Ruppel OC (2008) The Role of the Executive in safeguarding the Independence of the Judiciary. In: The Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A. Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. (http://www.verfassung-und-recht.de/vrue/hefte/IVZ_VRue_09_02.pdf). (English).

    Dausab Y (2009) Namibia Law Journal 1/2009. Ruppel OC (2008) The Role of the Executive in the Promotion of the Independence of the Judiciary. In: Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A. Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers.
    ttp://www.namibialawjournal.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=13&page=112). (English).

    Diescho J (2009) Namibia Law Journal 1/2009. Ruppel OC (2008) Third Generation Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment in Namibia. In: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A. Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. (http://www.namibialawjournal.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=13&page=104). (English).

    Diescho J (2009) Namibia Law Journal 1/2009. Ruppel OC (2008) The Human Rights and Documentation Centre at UNAM. In: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Eds. Horn N / Bösl A. Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. (http://www.namibialawjournal.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=13&page=104). (English).

    Himonga C (2009) Namibia Law Journal 1/2009. Ruppel OC (2008) Women and Custom Namibia: Cultural Practice versus Gender Equality? Windhoek: Macmillan Publishers. (http://www.namibialawjournal.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=13&page=117). (English).

    Falk T (2009) Namibia Law Journal 1/2009. Ruppel OC/ Hinz MO (2008) Biodiversity and the Ancestors: Challenges to Customary and Environmental Law. Case studies from Namibia. Windhoek: Namibia Scientific Society. (http://www.namibialawjournal.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=13&page=108). (English).

    Kilian M (2009) AnwBl 3/2009, pp. 219 – 220. Ruppel OC (2007) Interdisziplinäre Schlüsselqualifikation Mediation – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und akademische Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten. Hamburg. Verlag Dr. Kovac. (German).

    Ruppel OC / Hinz MO (2008) Biodiversity and the Ancestors: Challenges to Customary and Environmental Law. Case studies from Namibia, Namibia Scientific Society, Windhoek
    http://www.kuiseb-verlag.com/product_info.php?cPath=4&products_id=118
    Ruppel OC (2008) Women and Custom in Namibia. Cultural Rights versus Gender Equality? Macmillan, Windhoek http://www.kas.de/proj/home/events/8/2/year-2008/month-11/veranstaltung_id-31747/index.html
    Ruppel OC / Bangamwabo FX (2008 Forthcoming) The SADC Tribunal: A Legal Analysis of its Mandate and Role in Regional Integration. In: Bösl A, Breytenbach W, Hartzenberg T, McCarthy C and Schade K (200) Monitoring Regional Integration in Southern Africa. Yearbook Volume 8, TRALAC, Cape Town
    Ruppel OC (2008) The Role Of The Executive In Safeguarding The Independence Of the Judiciary in Namibia. In: Horn N / Bösl A (2008): The Independence of the Judiciary in Namibia, Macmillan, Windhoek http://www.kas.de/proj/home/pub/8/2/year-2008/dokument_id-15058/index.html
    Ruppel OC (2008) Third Generation Human Rights and the Protection of the Environment in Namibia. In: Horn N / Bösl A (2008): Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Macmillan, Windhoek
    http://www.kas.de/upload/auslandshomepages/namibia/HumanRights/ruppel1.pdf
    Ruppel OC / Groenewaldt A (2008) Conditions of Police Cells in Namibia, Report of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Windhoek
    http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/kas_14189-544-1-30.pdf
    Ruppel OC (2008) The Human Rights and Documentation Centre at UNAM. In: Horn N / Bösl A (2008): Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Namibia, Macmillan, Windhoek
    http://www.kas.de/upload/auslandshomepages/namibia/HumanRights/ruppel_UNAM.pdf
    Ruppel OC (2007) Interdisziplinäre Schlüsselqualifikation Mediation – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen und akademische Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten, Publishers Verlag Dr Kovac, Hamburg
    http://www.verlagdrkovac.de/3-8300-2788-5.htm
    Ruppel OC / Bethune S (2007) Review of Namibian Policy and legislative support to the sustainable use of wetlands in the Zambezi Basin, Report for the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Harare
    http://www.ramsar.org/features/features_namibia_review.pdf
    Ruppel OC (2006) Nature Conservation: Customary Law to Complement Statutory Environmental law – Namibia, Nairobi
    http://www.nemaug.org/Final%20Web%20Copy-%20E-book%20for%20PADELIA%20MEAS%20Project/reports2.html
    Recent Professional Activities (last 2 years):
    Training, Presentations, University Committees, Community Outreach, Professional Associations, Bodies &Public Lectures
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    Member of UNAM Senate (ex officio)
    Member of the UNAM / WTO World Trade Policy Committee
    Member of the UNAM Postgraduate School Steering Committee
    Member of the UNAM Postgraduate Studies Committee
    Faculty of Law representative at the Faculty of Agriculture

    ASSOCIATIONS
    Fellow Member (FA Arb), Association of Arbitrators (Southern Africa) www.arbitrators.co.za
    United Nations Environmental Programme Association for Law Lecturers at African Universities (ASSELLAU), Nairobi, Kenya
    http://www.unep.org/law/Calendar/PDF_docs/2ndSymp_Entebbe2006_participants.pdf
    Environmental Law Association of South Africa (ELA), Potchefstroom, South Africa
    Human Rights Forum, Windhoek, Namibia
    International Bar Association, London, UK
    International Conservations Union (IUCN) Academy, Ottawa, Canada
    http://www.iucnael.org/content/view/40/89/lang,english/
    African Law Association, Düsseldorf, Germany
    http://www.rechtinafrika.de/individual/gfar_index.php?agree=&cont=satzung&selmen=1&selmen2=6&sm2preset=&uid=0&lang=deCOMMUNITY SERVICE
    Rotary Club Windhoek-Auas, Public Relations Officer
    Jesuit Alumni Association
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