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CURRICULUM VITAE
JAN IGNACY GLAZEWSKI
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 19 August 1953, Paarl, South Africa
IDENTITY NUMBER 530819 5052 081
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN BCom LLB 1972-1976
UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LLM 1978-1979
(London School of Economics & Political Science)
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN MA (Environmental and Geographical Science) 1986
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN LLD 2004
POSITION AND ACTIVITIES
Professor in the Institute of Marine and Environmental Law, University of Cape Town.
Employed at University of Cape Town since October 1985
Lecture, supervise research and give seminars at post-graduate level in the Faculty of Law in Coastal Zone Law including Law of the Sea, International and domestic law relating to marine pollution and related subjects.
Special Advisor to Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism April 2003 to April 2004
(Special Leave from UCT until May 2004)
Main publication: “Environmental Law in South Africa” Butterworths (911pp) 2000.
Second edition “Environmental Law in South Africa” LexisNexis Butterworths (870pp), 2005
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
DEPARTMENT OF INLAND REVENUE, PRETORIA
Jan 1977 - Aug 1978 and Jan 1980 - Oct 1980 (In between postgraduate student London University )
Legal Officer in terms of a Civil Service bursary obligation
BELL DEWAR AND HALL: ATTORNEYS, NOTARIES AND CONVEYANCERS
JOHANNESBURG Nov 1979 - Feb 1982
Articled Clerk and Professional Assistant
ARTHUR ANDERSEN, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS - CAPE TOWN
March 1983 - Feb 1984. Legal Advisor in the Tax Division
COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN 1985
Grant-holder during further post-graduate studies in Environmental & Geographic Science
Researched and reported on the use of financial incentives in environmental protection
GOVERNMENT OF NAMIBIA (1995-1996)
Granted special leave from UCT and seconded to the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Namibia managing an on-going project to review and revise Namibia’s environmental laws
GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA (2003-2004)
Granted special leave from UCT to act as Special Advisor to the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Mr Valli Mohammed Moosa
NRF RESEARCH RATING
During 2002 the National Research Foundation (NRF) introduced an internationally peer-reviewed research rating system for social scientists and humanities. In 2002 Glazewski was rated category B2; in 2007 he was re-rated to category B1 which is described in the NRF definition of Rating Categories as:
All reviewers concur that the applicant enjoys considerable international recognition for the high quality and impact of his/her research outputs, with some of them indicating that he/she is a leading international scholar in the filed
AWARDS AND PRIZES
University of Cape Town 2002 Book Award for Environmental Law in South Africa, Butterworths, Durban
GUEST LECTURES
World Summit on Sustainable Development; Toast it or trash it? Address to Western Cape Branch of the South African Institute of International Affairs, September, 2002
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
Books
· Environmental law in South Africa, (2nd Ed) Lexis NexisButterworths, Durban 2005(740pp)
· Environmental law in South Africa, Butterworths, Durban 2000 (909pp);
· Environmental Justice and the Legal Process (Editor with G Bradfield) Juta & and Co 1999.
Chapters in Books
· (with Debbie Collier) South Africa Chapter 15 in Climate Change Liability: Transnational Law and Practice, R Lord, S Goldberg, L Rajamani, J Brunee (ed) Cambridge University Press 2012
· (with Debbie Collier) Climate Change and Possible Legal Liability: Implications for the City of Town, Chapter 8 in Climate Change at the City Scale: impacts, mitigation and adaptation, A Cartwright, S Parnell, G Oelofse, S Ward (eds) Earthscan Books 2012
· Towards a Climate Resilient and Low Carbon City of Cape Town Chapter 9 in Climate Change at the City Scale: impacts, mitigation and adaptation, A Cartwright, S Parnell, G Oelofse, S Ward (eds) Earthscan Books 2012, Earthscan Books 2012
· With Francois Du Bois, “The Environment and the Bill of Rights” in Bill of Rights Compendium, Section 2 Public Law, Part B, Butterworths, 2B1-2B93 (Issue 27, 2010)
· With Bernice McLean “Marine Systems” Chapter 14 in Fuggle and Rabie’s Environmental Management in South Africa (2nd Ed) HA Strydon and ND King (eds) Juts & Co Cape Town 2009
· Introduction to chapter The Principles and Practise of Environmental Law Chapter 7 in Cowen on Law: Selected Essays (Susannah Cowen Ed) Juta & Co 2008
· “Environment Rights ” chapter 19 in Cheadle, Davis and Haysom, South African Constitutional Law, p 19-1, Butterworths, 2005.
· with Francois Du Bois, “The Environment and the Bill of Rights” in Bill of Rights Compendium, Section 2 Public Law, Part B, Butterworths, 2B1-2B89 (Issue 5, 2004)
· “Environment” chapter 19 in Cheadle, Davis and Haysom, South African Constitutional Law, p409 Butterworths, 2002 .
· With Francois Du Bois, “The Bill of Rights and the Environment” in Bill of Rights Compendium, Section 2 Public Law, Part B, Butterworths, 2B1-2B100 (1997)
· The Rule of Law: Opportunities for Environmental Justice in the New Democratic Legal Order, chapter 7 in Environmental Justice in South Africa, ed. David A McDonald. Ohio University Press (Athens), University of Cape Town Press (Cape Town) 2002.
· Environmental Rights and the New South African Constitution, in Human Rights Approaches to Environmental Protection, Anderson & Boyle (Eds), OUP, (1996) 177-197.
· Co-author of the following three chapters in Fuggle and Rabie Environmental Management in South Africa (1993):
· “The Coastal Zone” (with A Heydorn & B Glavovic).
· “Off-shore Mining” (with J Gurney & M Kirkley).
· “Marine Systems” (with J Field)
ARTICLES
· South Africa Country Report 2009 (20) Yearbook of International Environmental Law 668-687 OUP
· South Africa Country Report 2008 (19) Yearbook of International Environmental Law 604-613 OUP
· With O Rumble, A Rose is a Rose but is an 'Acacia' an 'Acacia'? Global Administrative Law in Action 2009 Acta Juridica 381
· South Africa and the Southern Polar region: A reflection on the past, the present and future prospects 20 (2009)Yearbook of International Environmental Law 88-121
· With R Paschke Ex post facto authorisation in South African environmental assessment legislation: a critical review 2006(1) Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal (ISSN 1727-3781) 1- 26
· With M.Haward Towards Integrated Coastal Area Management: A Case Study in cooperative governance in South Africa and Australia, 20 (2005) International Journal of Marine & Coastal Law, 143
· “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2007 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta 393-427
· “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2006 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta 427-453
· (with Emma Witbooi) “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2005 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta 416-442
· (with Emma Witbooi) “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2004 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta 397-422
· (with Emma Witbooi) “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2003 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta, 458 .
· (with Emma Witbooi) “Environmental Law” Ch 14 in 2002 Annual Survey of South African Law Juta, 550.
· (With Emma Witbooi), ‘The Impact of Environmental Legislation on the Property Lawyer’ in Butterworths Property Law Digest.Vol.5, Part 1, Feb 2001, 3-9.
· South Africa Country Report, (1993) 4 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 455-488 OUP through to , (2006) 17 Yearbook of International Environmental Law 687-696 OUP (13 Volumes)
· Environmental Justice and the new South African democratic legal order, Acta Juridica (1999)1.
· With G Kamseb, The Protection of Wilderness in Namibian Law, In Proceedings of the Wilderness Management Symposium, Waterberg Plateau Park, Namibia, June 1996, p183-188.
· With Francois Du Bois, “The Bill of Rights and the Environment” in Bill of Rights Compendium, Section 2 Public Law, Part B, Butterworths, 2B1-2B100 (1997)
· Towards a Coastal Zone Management Act for South Africa (1997) 4(1) South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 2-22.
· The Environment and the new Interim Constitution, (1994) 1(1) South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 3-16.
· An overview of international law and the South African law relevant to plutonium shipments (1994) 49(2) Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 237-246.
· Environmental provisions in a new South African Bill of Rights (1993) 37(2) Journal of African Law 177-184.
· Regulating transboundary movement of hazardous waste:international developments and implications for South Africa (1993) 26(2) Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa
· Legal issues surrounding the use of driftnets: a South African perspective (with P Vrancken) (1993) 8(1) SA Public Law 21-35.
· The Situation of Waste Management and Pollution Control in South Africa. Legal aspects report to the Department of Environment Affairs by the CSIR Programme for the Environment, Pretoria. Report CPE 1/91, 417pp (1991).
· Current and future directions in SA environmental law (1991) Strategic Review for Southern Africa 13 (1) 12-35.
· The Regulation of Whaling in International and South African Law (1990/91) 16 South African Yearbook of International Law 61-80.
· The Evolution of Public Policy with Regard to the Environment: a legal perspective over the last fifty years' with MA Rabie SA Journal of Science Vol 86 (7-10) July - October 1990, 413-419.
· Planning and legal responses to sea level rise in South Africa with MR Sowman, SA Journal of Science Vol 86 (7-10) July - October 1990, 294-298.
· The Environment, Human Rights and a New South African Constitution, (1991) 7(2) South African Journal for Human Rights 167-184.
· The evolution of public policy with regard to the environment: a legal perspective over the last fifty years (with MA Rabie) 1990 (Jul-Oct) (86[7-10]) SA Journal of Science 413-419.
· African Wildlife : Legal Column "Conservation and the Law" during 1989.
· "The Kruger Park Conference and the Environment Conservation Bill" Vol 43(1) 13.
· "Acid Rain - Cloudy Law" Vol 43 (2) 81.
· "Coastal Zone Mining Law" Vol 43 (3) 123.
· "Atmospheric Pollution and the Ozone Layer: plugging holes in International Law" Vol 43 (4) 174.
· The Admiralty Reserve - An Historical Anachronism or Bonus for Conservation in the Coastal Zone? 1986 Acta Juridica 193.
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND CONSULTANCIES
· 2010 Consultant to ASCLME as Country Legal Expert
· 2008Employed by Ecoafrica CC 2008 to assist in legal component of coastal zone White Paper for Namibia
· 2005 to 2009 Consulted by UNEP/UNDP/WIOLaB as country legal expert exert and regional governance. Produced:
· Glazewski J.I, 2006. National Report on the Status of Ratification of International Conventions relevant to Land based Sources and Activities Management in South Africa. Unpublished Report submitted to UNEP/WIO-LaB Project/Nairobi Convention, Nairobi, Kenya, 46 pp.
· Glazewski J.I, Governance Analysis, Chapter 5 in UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Technical Report Series 1 on Transboundary Diagnostic Analysis (TDA): Land Based Activities and Sourcesof Pollution degrading the Coastal and Marine Environmentof the Western and Indian Ocean, 2009 pp 212-263.
· Glazewski J.I, South Africa, section 2.1.7 in UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Technical Report Series 5 on Review of the Policy, Legal, Regulatory and Institutional Frameworks for Land based Sources and Activities Management in the Western Indian Ocean Region, 2009 pp 26-35.
· Glazewski J.I, South Africa, section 2.2.7 in UNEP/GEF WIO-LaB Technical Series Report 6 on Regional Review of the Status of Ratification of International Conventions related to Land based Sources and Activities Management in the Western Indian Ocean Region, 2009, p 22.
· Employed as a consultant during 2006 in the Benguela Current Large Marine Ecosystem (BCLME) region to assist as a national legal expert in providing the legal background on the relevant international marine pollution law particularly oil spills in the region as well as South African domestic law aspects
· (assisted by Emma Witbooi) Recommendations for the implementation of International Ballast Water Guidelines into South African Law Final Report: A co-operative initiative of the Global Environmental Facility, UNDP and the International Maritime Organisation, November 2001
· Report to Chairman of the Board of the NBI on Research and Licence Licence Agreement between the National Botanical Institute and the Ball Horticultural Company, July 2001, www.uct.ac.za/depts/pbl/imel/pbl514f.htm
· (Grant holder: Jan Glazewski, Research Assistant Emma Witbooi) Biodiversity and the law: legal issues arising from the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity into South African law, National Research Foundation (15/1/3/160261), March 2001.
· (with M Sowman) Institutional and Legislative Context and Capacity for Formulating and Implementing the Coastal Management Policy, in White Paper for Sustainable Coastal Development in South Africa, Department of Environment Affairs and Tourism Coastal Mangment Policy Programme, April 2000
· (with Dr M Sowman) Review of Legislative and Institutional Arrangements for Coastal Policy in South Africa, Coastal Management Policy Programme, 1998.
· Implications of the new Water Policy: problems and solutions. Proceedings of Conference held in Cape Town November 1998, Royal Society of South Africa website: http://www.uct.ac.za/org/rssa/conferen/frstpg.htm.
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, GUEST LECTURES AND OTHER PUBLISHED PAPERS
· The Environmental Right, towards distinctive principles of South African Environmental Law, Ten Years of Democracy Celebration, Stellenbosch 2004
· South Africa’s Participation in the UNEP Regional Seas Conventions: the Abidjan and Nairbi treaties, Acutalities and Possibilities
· The legal regime preserving and protecting the maritime cultural heritage since the advent of democracy in South Africa: a case study of Table Bay, British Institute in Eastern Africa, British Musuem and Zanzibar Department of Archives, Museums and Antiquities, Maritime Heritage Conference, Zanzibar July 2006-12-12
· The Environmental Right in South Africa’s democratic Constitution: towards sustainable development, progress and possibilities Commonwelath law Confernce 2005
· Towards Integrated Coastal Area Management: A case study in co-operative governance in South Africa and Australia, in Conference Proceedings: Piecing together the Legislative Jigsaw, Queensland Environmental Law Association, Annual Conference, Sunshine Coast, Australia, May 2002.
· The Implementation of the Convention on Biodiversity in South Africa: Problems and Possibilities.
Paper presented at Network for Sustainable Develepoment (NESDA) Conference, Nairobi, April 2001.
· Poverty, Law and the Environment. Paper presented at World Summit Roundtable, DEA&T July 2001.