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DROP meets Fraunhofer Society Delegation and President
Around cooperation discussions between Stellenbosch University and the Munich based Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Professor Oliver Ruppel, the Director of DROP had the opportunity to meet and exchange with Professor Reimund Neugebauer, the President of...
Taking back the seas: prospects for Africa’s blue economy
New Institute for Security Studies Publication: Taking back the seas: prospects for Africa's blue economy Available at https://www.issafrica.org/publications/papers/taking-back-the-seas-prospects-for-africas-blue-economy International shipping is driven by fierce...
Post – COP21 Workshop, Windhoek, Namibia
COP 21, 25.02.2016
Official Launch, 3rd Edition Environmental Law and Policy in Namibia by OC Ruppel & K Ruppel-Schlichting
The official book launch was held at the Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre in Windhoek, Namibia on 18 Feb. 2016. Official Launch of ELP3_18 Feb_LOW RES Photo from left to right: Lesley-Anne van Wyk (Project Coordinator Hanns Seidel Foundation Namibia), Hon. Dr. Peya...
THE COP 21 PARIS AGREEMENT: CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICA
The Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP) of the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in cooperation with The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) under the aegis of its Rule of Law Program for Sub-Saharan Africa convened a conference in Kigali, Rwanda, from 10...
Die Toekoms van Multikulturalisme in Suid-Afrika / The Future of Multiculturalism in South Africa
What is the future of multiculturalism in South Africa? This question was critically discussed at the 26th Anniversary of FW de Klerk's Speech that Initiated South Africa's Constitutional Transformation Process. The event took place in Cape Town on 1 Feb. 2016 and was...
New Research Assistant at DROP
Ms Charlotte Poulussen is a new DROP Project Assistant for 2016. She is also a LLM candidate at Stellenbosch University and holds a degree in master of laws from the KUleuven (Belgium). Charlotte has participated in several organisations and projects dealing with...
International Law Designed for the African Continent
See new publication: International Law_Oxford_flyer_2016
Report on Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa
See newly released Report by the Nansen Initiative on the 2015 Southern Africa Consultation: Disasters, Climate Change and Human Mobility in Southern Africa: Consultation on the Draft Protection Agenda, held at DROP, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 4-5 June 2015 Southern...
DROP at Trade and Development Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya
At the side of the WTO Ministerial Conference, DROP and Strathmore Law School partner in Panel on "Profit Maximization, Development, Justice and the Environment" at the TDS - Trade and Development Symposium in Nairobi, Kenya on 15 Dec. 2015....