Rate My Professor Werner Scholtz

Werner Scholtz specializes in international environmental law. His research interests include climate change, animal law, wildlife welfare, sustainable development, and environmental ethics. Current work focuses on the consequences of increasing animal welfare considerations for international wildlife law, seeking to reconcile conservation objectives with welfare goals and reconfigure sustainable development concepts to incorporate ethical and humane use principles. Key publications encompass the book Animal Welfare and International Environmental Law: From Conservation to Compassion (Edward Elgar, 2019); 'International (Wild) Animal Rights and Biodiversity: Resolving Conflicts Between Holism and Individualism' (Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy, 2024); 'Addressing Climate Change through International Human Rights Law: From (Extra)Territoriality to Common Concern of Humankind' (Transnational Environmental Law, 2021, co-authored with V. Bellinkx, D. Casalin, G. Erdem Türkelli, and W. Vandenhole); ''Ethical and Humane Use', Intrinsic Value and the Convention on Biological Diversity: Towards the Reconfiguration of Sustainable Development and Use' (Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 2021); and 'Equity in International Environmental Law' (2021, book chapter). With 57 publications listed on his profile and over 400 citations, Scholtz influences academic discourse on global environmental governance. He teaches the module International Environmental Law (LAWS6163) and convenes seminars such as the annual Rule of Law and Sustainable Development Seminar hosted by the Centre for International Law and Globalisation.