Hennie Strydom

Hennie A. Strydom (* 1956 in South Africa ) is a South African lawyer and professor at the University of Johannesburg .

Life

Strydom was born in South Africa. He received his university education at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, among others . There he was awarded the BJuris degree in 1977 and the Bachelor of Laws in 1979 . Three years later he also received his Master of Laws there . His academic career began Strydom in 1983 at his alma mater , where he first as a lecturer lectures in international law held. In 1989 he obtained the LL.D. at UNISA . In 1995 he received a call for a professorship. In 2002 he moved to Rand Afrikaans University , a predecessor of the University of Johannesburg, as professor of administrative and international law . There he is currently heading the LL.M. program. Environmental law is one of his research areas . In addition, he mainly deals with questions of human rights . In addition to his professional activity, he is currently the head of the South African section of the International Law Association .

Publications (selection)

• Are climate change policies justifiable? . In: Journal for South African Law . 2, 2011, pp. 373-382.
• Prohibited Weapons and Means and Methods of Warfare in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . In: South African Yearbook of International Law . 35, 2010, ISSN  0379-8895 , pp. 97-110.
• An Overview of the UN Draft Convention on Private Military and Security Companies . In: African Yearbook on International Humanitarian Law . 2009/10, ISSN  1997-8391 , pp. 121-136.

Web links

• Biography on the homepage of the University of Johannesburg