On 15 September, the 5th fully revised edition of Environmental Law and Policy in Namibia has been launched in Windhoek, Namibia, followed by a Policy Dialogue bringing together experts from government, the legal profession, academia and civil society. The Keynote...

This comparative law study by Dr. Ruda Murray investigates how the law can protect rivers better in the face of pollution, overuse, and climate change. The book explores whether recognising rivers as legal persons with rights could strengthen environmental governance...

Edited by Oliver C. Ruppel and and Harald Ginzky, this publication is based on a project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) on a ‘Model Law for Sustainable Soil Management in Africa’. The model law consists of a...

This contribution examines strategic climate litigation as a mechanism for advancing the rights of climate-affected migrants and displaced communities in the absence of a dedicated, binding international legal status. It situates “climate mobility” within a fragmented...

The 2026 annual LLM student conference (Legal Aspects of World and Regional Trade) focused on the BRICS plus partnership and its legal instruments as well as the role of the WTO in terms of its complex interlinkages between international trade rules, climate change,...

In January 2026, Professor Angela Kolb-Janssen was a visiting scholar at the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP). She is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Administrative Sciences at Harz University of Applied Sciences in Germany. Professor Angela...

Article in the exclusive Journal of the Federal Supreme Court of Brazil Ruppel, OC, Murray, R (2025) “Uma análise constitucional comparada global sobre a proteção de recursos naturais”, Suprema - Journal on Constitutional Studies of the Federal Supreme Court of...

New Book Publication: International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy Ginzky, H, Ruppel, OC, Heuser, IL, Grinlinton, D, Khatibi, A, Kameri-Mbote, P, Rodriguez-Eugenio, N (Eds) (2025) International Yearbook of Soil Law and Policy, Vol. 7. Springer, Cham, 574pp. (Open...

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The 10th LLM Legal Aspects of World and Regional Trade Workshop on “Digitalisation, AI, Sustainability and International Trade Law” was organised by Prof OC Ruppel and the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP) at the Wallenberg Conference Centre, Stellenbosch...