Kholofelo Kugler, MA
Academic Assistant, MA
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Kholofelo Kugler is doctoral fellow in the European Research Council funded project: Trade Law for the Data-Driven Economy (Trade Law 4.0), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mira Burri. She has over 10 years’ legal experience, specialising in international trade law and dispute settlement. She previously worked at the Advisory Centre on WTO Law in Geneva, Switzerland where she advised developing and least developed countries on WTO legal matters, represented them in WTO disputes, and provided capacity building in WTO law. Kholofelo holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and International Politics from the University of South Africa; an LL.B degree, cum laude, from the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa); and a Master’s degree in International Law and Economics, summa cum laude, from the World Trade Institute at the University of Bern. She is an admitted attorney in her native South Africa.
Publications
- Kugler Kholofelo, The AFCFTA’s Success Depends on Effective Dispute Settlement Mechanisms for the Private Sector, in: Global Trade and Customs Journal 16/11/12/2021, pp. 558–563
- Kugler Kholofelo, Facilitating African Countries’ Participation in the Global Trading System, in: Global Trade and Customs Journal 16/10/2021, pp. 537–542
- Kugler Kholofelo, The World Trade Organization’s Appellate Body Melee: How Did We Get Here?, in: International Business Law Journal 3/2019, pp. 269–286
- Kugler Kholofelo, Gabrielle Marceau (ed), A History of Law and Lawyers in the GATT/WTO: The Development of the Rule of Law in the Multilateral Trading System (Book Review), in: Journal of International Economic Law 20/1/2017, pp. 165–169, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/jiel/jgw070
- Bohanes Jan/Kugler Kholofelo/Base Maria Graciela, Sealing off Asbestos: The Appellate Body’s Interpretation and Application of the ‘Product Characteristics’ Criterion Within the Definition of a ‘Technical Regulation’ in the TBT Agreement, in: Global Trade and Customs Journal 11/9/2016, pp. 396–405
- Kugler Kholofelo, Guarding Foreign Investment in South Africa’s Private Security Sector: The GATS Version, in: Latin American Journal of International Trade Law 3/2/2015, pp. 312–336, https://latam.unam.mx/issue-2-volume-3-year-2015/
- Kugler Kholofelo, "WTO Dispute Settlement and the Participation of African Countries in International Trade Disputes, in: Kugler, Kholofelo/Sucker, Franziska (Eds.), International Economic Law: (southern) African Perspectives and Priorities, Cape Town 2021, pp. 113–185
- Kugler Kholofelo/Getachew Mulalem, African Trade and Investment Liberalization, in: Bethlehem, Daniel/McRae, Donald/Neufeld, Rodney/Van Damme, Isabelle (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of International Trade Law, Oxford n.d.
- Kugler Kholofelo, Operationalizing MPIA Appeal Arbitrations: Opportunities and Challenges, in: Elsig, Manfred/Polanco, Rodrigo/Van Den Boscche, Peter (Eds.), International Economic Dispute Settlement Demise or Transformation?, Cambridge n.d., pp. 68–96, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966122.005
- Kamau Maryanne/Kugler Kholofelo, Safeguard Measures in International and African Regional Trade, in: Kugler, Kholofelo/Sucker, Franziska (Eds.), International Economic Law: (southern) African Perspectives and Priorities, Cape Town 2021, pp. 375–404
- Kugler Kholofelo/Dweba Nkosazana, WTO Law on Industrial Subsidies, in: Kugler, Kholofelo/Sucker, Franziska (Eds.), International Economic Law: (southern) African Perspectives and Priorities, Cape Town 2021, pp. 405–454
- Du Plessis Max/Kugler Kholofelo, International Economic Relations, International Law: a South African Perspective, in: Dugard, John/Du Plessis, Max/Maluwa, Tiyanjana/Tladi, Dire (Eds.), Dugard’s International Law: a South African Perspective, Vol. 5, Cape Town 2019
- Kugler Kholofelo/Pittet Faith/Mwangi Saweria, Overview of WTO Jurisprudence in 2017, European Yearbook of International Economic Law, in: Bungenberg, Marc/Krajewski, Markus/Tams, Christian J./Terhechte, Jörg Philipp/Ziegler, Andreas R. (Eds.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2019, Vol. 10, Cham 2019, pp. 389–431, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22485-1
- Bohanes Jan/Kugler Kholofelo, Overview of WTO Jurisprudence in 2015 Involving the EU as a Main Party and Selected Cases with Third-Party Participation by the EU, European Yearbook of International Economic Law, in: Bungenberg, Marc/Krajewski, Markus/Tams, Christian J./Terhechte, Jörg Philipp/Ziegler, Andreas R. (Eds.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2017, Vol. 8, Cham 2017, pp. 597–626, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58832-2
- Kugler Kholofelo, Diane Desierto, Public Policy in International Economic Law: The ICESCR in Trade (Book Review), European Yearbook of International Economic Law, in: Bungenberg, Marc/Krajewski, Markus/Tams, Christian J./Terhechte, Jörg Philipp/Ziegler, Andreas R. (Eds.), European Yearbook of International Economic Law 2016, Vol. 7, Cham 2016, pp. 823–830
- Kugler Kholofelo/Nyaga Kelly, What Lessons can the AfCFTA learn from the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Mechanism’s Challenges?, 22/12/2020, https://www.afronomicslaw.org/2020/12/22/what-lessons-can-the-afcfta-learn-from-the-wtos-dispute-settlement-mechanisms-challenges
- Tigere Faith/Kugler Kholofelo, Compulsory Licensing: The Key to Accessing the Future COVID-19 Vaccine for Africa?, 27/11/2020, https://www.tradeexperettes.org/blog/articles/compulsory-licensing-the-key-to-accessing-the-future-covid-19-vaccine-for-africa?rq=kugler
- Kugler Kholofelo, EU-West Africa Economic Partnership Agreement: Trick or treat?, 25/03/2015, https://www.inonafrica.com/2015/03/23/eu-west-africa-economic-partnership-agreement-trick-or-treat/
- Kugler Kholofelo, Trade facilitation: The key to unlocking Africa’s trade potential, 06/12/2014, https://www.inonafrica.com/2014/12/06/trade-facilitation-the-key-to-unlocking-africas-trade-potential/
- Kugler Kholofelo, Doing Business in SADC: Still a long way to go, 14/10/2014, https://www.polity.org.za/article/doing-business-in-sadc-still-a-long-way-to-go-2014-10-14