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Oliver C. Ruppel
Director, Development and Rule of Law Programme, Stellenbosch University
Prof. Dr. Oliver C. Ruppel is Professor of Law at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) and Director of the Development and Rule of Law Programme (DROP), likewise at the University of Stellenbosch. He also lectures as a Professor Extraordinaire at various institutions in Africa and around the world. Until 2010 he held one of the worldwide 14 academic chairs of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Geneva, Switzerland, which he established at the University of Namibia, Windhoek, where he had previously also served as the Director of the Human Rights and Documentation Centre, a national institute established by statute under the Namibian Ministry of Justice. He is a CLA in the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an International Arbitrator (FA Arb) with the Association of Arbitrators of Southern Africa and the Swiss Chamber for Commercial Mediation (SCCM). His professional focus lies on sustainable development and the rule of law.
