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Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda
The Nansen Initiative Southern Africa Consultation on “Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda,” will take place in Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 4-5 June 2015, and will aim to explore issues...
DROP research on “Chinese Foreign Direct Investment into Africa”
Now available: Elkemann, C. & O.C. Ruppel (2015) “Chinese Foreign Direct Investment into Africa in the context of BRICS and Sino-African Bilateral Investment Treaties”, Richmond Journal of Global Law and Business...
New Book: Perspectives on Energy Security and Renewable Energies in Sub-Sahara Africa
DROP proudly presents the new book publication in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation: OC Ruppel / B Althusmann (2015) Perspectives on Energy Security and Renewable Energies in Sub-Sahara Africa - Practical Opportunities and Regulatory Challenges....
DROP meets with Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in Cape Town on the occasion of his visit to the Cape
DROP meets with Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee in Cape Town on the occasion of his visit to the Cape. Photo (from left to right in the first row): Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Schneider (Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Hannover, Germany); Wolfgang Tiefensee (Thuringian...
Exciting weeks for DROP
The last few weeks have been very exciting for DROP. First, Prof. Oliver Ruppel was appointed as a member of the Council of the Centre for International Studies (CIS) of the European Law Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 14 April 2015. He also had the honour of attending...
DROP Programme Manager now on prestigious Editorial Board
DROP is happy announce that the Programme Manager, Prof. Ruppel, is now on the editorial board of the prestigious Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA). The Journal of African Foreign Affairs (JoAFA) is a high quality biannual and peer-reviewed journal. The...
Successful Interdisciplinary Student Seminar held
Successful Interdisciplinary Student Seminar held on Water: Contemporary Aspects of National, Regional and International Law organised by the Development and Rule of Law (DROP) Programme and the Stellenbosch University Water Institute held at the Faculty of Law,...
Perspectives on Energy Security and Renewable Energies in Sub-Saharan Africa
For all those interested in practical opportunities and regulatory challenges in energy security and renewable energies in Sub-Saharan Africa, please find the publication by DROP Programme Director, Prof. Ruppel and Bernd Althusmann here: Energy Security for the...
It’s the climate change blues, says DROP
With natural disasters become more common, a new legal framework is needed to protect the planet says Prof. Ruppel, Programme Manager of DROP says in a New Age article. Download the full article here: Ruppel Article
DROP contributes to Zimbabwe’s New Constitution
From 23 to 24 March 2015 the Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law (MPFPR) in Heidelberg, Germany, in collaboration with the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP) at the Faculty of Law, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and...