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CURRICULUM VITAE
EMMA VICTORIA WITBOOI
1. Personal details:
Date of birth: 17/01/1974
Citizenship: South African and British
Languages: home: English other: German & Afrikaans
Postal address: Anastasius-Grün-Gasse 17/32, Wien 1180, Austria
Telephone: + 43 (0) 69911856612
E-mail:
Marital status: divorced (previously Dingle)
2. Academic record:
2008: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (Law), University College London (UCL), UK
2002: Masters Degree, Marine and Environmental Law University of Cape Town, South Africa (UCT): Distinction
1997: Degree of Bachelor of Laws (UCT)
1995: Degree of Bachelor of Arts (UCT)
1991: Cape Senior Certificate, Westerford High School, South Africa
3. Academic achievements:
2003: Commonwealth Scholarship (for PhD at UCL: 2004 – 2007)
1997: Class Medal (Corporation Law, UCT), Adams & Adams Prize (Corporation Law, UCT)
1995: Class Medal (African Customary Law, UCT)
1993 – 1997: Dean’s Merit List (UCT)
4. Relevant Work experience:
July 2010 – December 2010: Research Assistant, European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law, Vienna, Austria
February – March 2007: Guest Lecturer, Masters in Marine Law, Law Faculty, UCT
October 2005: Tutor, European Social and Political Studies Introduction to Law module, UCL
November - December 2004: Tutor, European Social and Political Studies Introduction to Law module, UCL
January - December 2003 Assistant Lecturer/ Researcher, Institute of Marine & Environmental Law, UCT
April 2001- December 2002 Assistant Lecturer, Law Faculty, UCT
April 2000 – March 2001 Researcher, Institute of Marine & Environmental Law, UCT
March 1999 – March 2000 Researcher, Centre for Socio-Legal Research, UCT
1996 –1997: Student advisor for UCT Legal Aid Clinic
5. Selected examples of written work:
2008:
‘The infusion of sustainability into bilateral fisheries agreements with developing countries: the European Union example’ 2008 (32) 4 Marine Policy 669-679
‘Governing global fisheries: Commons, Community Law and Third-Country Coastal Waters’ Social Legal Studies 2008 17 (3) 369-388
‘Cooperation in Promoting Ecological Integrity and Socio-economic Justice in Marine Fisheries: EC-West African Relations’ in C Soskolne (ed) Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance (2008) Lexington Books, UK
2006:
· ‘Law and fisheries reform: legislative and policy developments in South African fisheries over the decade 1994-2004’ 2006 30 (1) Marine Policy30-42
· ‘Cooperation in Promoting Ecological Integrity and Socio-economic Justice in Marine Fisheries: EC-West African Relations’ in C Soskolne (ed) Sustaining Life on Earth: Environmental and Human Health Through Global Governance Lexington Books, Canada forthcoming
2005:
· With J Glazewski ‘Environmental Law’ ch 14 in 2004 Annual Survey of South African Law, Juta forthcoming
· With J Glazewski ‘Marine Living Resources’ in J Glazewski Environmental Law in South Africa 2nd Edition (2005) Butterworths, Durban
· 'Fishing rights: a new dawn for South African marine subsistence fishers' 2005 (19) Ocean Yearbook
2004:
· ‘Legal and institutional issues’ in ‘Review and audit of the institutional arrangements that impact on the artisanal fisheries sector in the BCLME region – South Africa’ GEF Project LMR/AFSE/03/01/A for Environmental Evaluation Unit, University of Cape Town
· With J Glazewski ‘Environmental Law’ ch 14 in 2003 Annual Survey of South African Law, Juta 458-481
· ‘Alien vegetation and fires: (when) are land owners liable?’ 2004 (19) 1 SA Public Law
2003:
· ‘Plastic bag regulation in South Africa: Just a load of rubbish?’ 2003 (10) 1 South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 67 – 91
· With S Burman and N Glasser ‘The South African Family Court: A First World Ideal in a Second World Country’ in Family Law: Processes, Practices and Pressures (ed. J. Dewar and S. Parker), Hart Publishing, London, UK
· ‘Obligations on property owners to control alien invasive vegetation on their land’ 2003 (7) 1 Butterworths Property Law Digest
· With J Glazewski ‘Environmental Law’ ch 14 in 2002 Annual Survey of South African Law, Juta 550 – 572
2002:
· ‘From Diepsloot to Kyalami: environmental concerns and informal housing – has anything changed?’ 2002 (6) 4 Butterworths Property Law Digest 15
· With J Glazewski ‘Sustainable development, poverty-alleviation and the right to “sufficient water” in the new democratic South Africa’ for IUCN Environmental Law Conference, University of Natal (20 – 22 August)
· With M Sowman and L McDaid ‘Policy, legal and institutional framework for sustainable development in South Africa’ unpublished report. The United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Third Human Development Report for South Africa (2002) UNDP, Pretoria South Africa
· ‘Subsistence Fishing in South Africa: Implementation of the Marine Living Resources Act’ 2002 (3) International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law 431
2001:
· ‘Restrictive environmental measures: (When) do they justify compensation for the property owner?’ 2001 (8) South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 215
· ‘Insurance risks imposed by alien invading plants in urban areas’ unpublished report for Environment Evaluation Unit, UCT (January 2001)
· With J Glazewski ‘The impact of Environmental Law on the Property Lawyer’ Butterworths Property Law Digest (2001) vol 5 (1) 3
· ‘Environmental measures and property rights – when is compensation due?’ Butterworths Property Law Digest (2001) vol 5 (2) 10
· ‘Biodiversity and the Law: Legal issues arising from the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity into South African law’ (March 2001) Report for National Research Foundation (Social Science and Humanities) Grant holder: Professor J Glazewski
· ‘Legislation prior to the Marine Living Resources Act (1998) providing for access to coastal resources for subsistence resource users’ unpublished report for Environmental Evaluation Unit, UCT (September 2001)
· With J Glazewski Final Report: ‘Recommendations for the Implementation of international ballast water guidelines into South African Law’ (November 2001) prepared for and presented at First International Workshop on the Legal Aspects of Ballast Water Management and Control, World Maritime University, Malmö, Sweden (15 – 16 November) Summarised in: Globallast Legislative Review, Globallast Monograph Series N.1, Final Report 2002 (Moira L. McConnell (ed.)).
2000:
· With S Burman and N Glasser ‘The new Family Court in action: An initial assessment’ South African Law Journal (2000) vol 117 (1) 111
· With S Burman and N Glasser ‘The South African Family Court: A First World ideal in a Second World Country’ for the International Society of Family Law 10th World Conference, Australia, June 2000
· With J Glazewski ‘Treasure Oil Spill – Legal lessons learned’ for Treasure Oil Spill Conference on Wildlife Issues (23 – 25 November 2000)