Dr. iur. Fitzgerald Temmerman, LL.M.
Professional experience
08/2015 –
Attorney-at-law at law firm Ryckbost & Ryckbost, Oostende
04/2015 – 07/2015
Consultant in international law
01/2015 – 03/2015
Assistant data management at BEDAG Informatik AG, Bern
10/2009 – 12/2014
Doctoral fellow at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Bern
06/2008 – 09/2009
Attorney-at-law at law firm Crabeels, Bronders, Dehaemers & Pintelon, Oostende
09/2007 – 05/2008
Research fellow at the World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Bern
10/2005 – 08/2007
Attorney-at-law at law firm Crabeels, Bronders, Dehaemers & Pintelon, Oostende
09/1990 – 03/1999
Assistant director and administrative clerk at Orgelhuis Aphrodite, Gent
Education
2009 – 2014 Ph.D. in Law, with mention „summa cum laude”. Dissertation: „Trade in Water under International Law: Bulk Fresh Water, Irrigation Subsidies and Virtual Water”, Prof. Dr. Thomas Cottier, World Trade Institute, University of Bern.
2005 – 2009 Bar license, with certificate of competency and admission to the bar (Belgium).
2003 – 2004 LL.M. in International Law, with mention „cum laude”. Thesis: „The Right to Water as a New Human Right of Full Value”, Prof. Dr. Walter Kälin, University of Bern.
1998 – 2003 Licentiate in Law, Ghent University.
Language skills
Dutch: mother tongue
English: very good
French: very good
German: very good
Spanish: good
Swiss German: good
Publications
RYCKBOST D. en TEMMERMAN F.„Hoofdstuk VIII Omgevingsrecht”, in MAST A., DUJARDIN J., VAN DAMME M. en VANDE LANOTTE J. “Overzicht van het Belgisch Administratief Recht”, Wolters Kluwer Belgium NV, Mechelen, 2017, 1495 pp.
TEMMERMAN F., „Trade in Water under International Law: Bulk Fresh Water, Irrigation Subsidies and Virtual Water”, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (UK) en Northampton MA (USA), 2017, 324 pp.
TEMMERMAN F., „Trade in Bulk Water”, Encyclopaedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (UK) en Northampton MA (USA), 2017.
TEMMERMAN F., „Trade in Virtual Water and Product Standards”, Encyclopaedia of International Economic Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham (UK) en Northampton MA (USA), 2017.
TEMMERMAN F., „Virtual Water Trade and International Trade Law”, NCCR Trade Regulation Working Paper 2011/15, World Trade Institute – NCCR Trade Regulation, University of Bern, Bern, 2011.
AERNI, P., BOIE B., COTTIER T., HOLZER K., JOST D., KARAPINAR B., MATTEOTTI, S., NARTOVA O., PAYOSOVA T., RUBINI L., SHINGAL A., TEMMERMAN F., XOPLAKI, E., BIGDELI S.Z., „Climate Change and International Law: Exploring the Linkages between Human Rights, Environment, Trade and Investment”, 2010 German Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 53: 139-188.
TEMMERMAN F., „The Relationship of WTO law to MEA’s” in ILA Committee International Law on Biotechnology, Conference Report Rio 2008, (Part IV., Section C.), International Law Association, Rio de Janeiro 2008.
