Eselealofa Apinelu Explained
Dr Eselealofa 'Ese' Apinelu is a Tuvaluan lawyer and sports official. Apinelu attended The Cathedral School, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.[1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1998.[2] She is Tuvalu's first female lawyer.[3] Eselealofa holds a Professional Diploma in Legislative Drafting from the University of South Pacific. In 2022 she was awarded a PhD from Swinburne University’s Centre for Urban Transition. Her research focused on customary and human rights in post-colonial Tuvalu with a particular focus on the disconnection between individual and collective rights in Tuvalu’s development agendas.[4]
Career
Apinelu was the senior crown counsel in Tuvalu from 2003–06. She was appointed as the Acting Attorney General of Tuvalu in 2006. In 2008, Apinelu became the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Tuvalu.[5] [6] [7] [8] In 2012, she became the first female Executive Member of the South Pacific Lawyers' Association (SPLA) and the Chair of the SPLA Women in the Law Committee.[9] [10]
On 14 September 2022 she became Tuvalu's High Commissioner to Fiji.[11]
Sports administrator
She was also President of the Tuvalu Volleyball Federation,[12] and was the manager of Tuvalu's volleyball team at the 2003 South Pacific Games.[13] She was the President of the Tuvalu Association of Sports and National Olympic Committee (TASNOC) from 2013 to 2015.[14] [15]
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Notes and References
- Web site: Education (General Provisions) (Approval of Enrolment) (No. 1). 1993. The State of Queensland. 24 May 2015.
- Web site: University of Tasmania . 2009-05-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080719064826/http://graduation.admin.utas.edu.au/docs/98Graduates.pdf . 2008-07-19 . dead .
- Web site: Tuvalu's first female lawyer, Ese Apinelu reflects on IWD2019. May 6, 2019. globalalumni.gov.au. 15 August 2019.
- Web site: Apinelu . Eselealofa . Standing Under Fenua: Customary Rights and Human Rights in Postcolonial Tuvalu . A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology . 25 February 2024 . 2022.
- https://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=081211 "Human Rights Council: Third Universal Periodic Review"
- http://www.paclii.org/pits/en/news/news14.shtml "Tuvalu commits to human rights"
- Web site: Human Rights Council adopted the UPR outcomes of Tuvalu . United Nations Information Centre Canberra . 20 September 2014 . 16 January 2014 . 13 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200613004024/https://un.org.au/2013/09/20/human-rights-council-adopted-the-upr-outcomes-of-tuvalu/ . dead .
- Web site: MARINE RESOURCES ACT 2006.
- September 2011. Inaugural AGM - Meet the new SPLA Executive. NewSPLAsh. 4.
- Web site: NewSPLAsh. October 2012. South Pacific Lawyers' Association. 24 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306185058/http://www.southpacificlawyers.org/files/uploads/newSPLAsh%20Issue%206.pdf. 6 March 2016. dead.
- Web site: Tory . Shepherd. Could a digital twin of Tuvalu preserve the island nation before it’s lost to the collapsing climate?. The Guardian. 30 September 2022. 25 February 2024.
- http://old.asianvolleyball.org/avc/organization.php?i=4&k=5 "Oceania Asia Zonal Association"
- Web site: "2003 South Pacific Games – Volleyball" . 2009-05-12 . 2015-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524061717/http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=2-1980-0-0-0&sID=15306&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=39770§ionID=15306 . dead .
- Web site: Directory 2013. Pacific Games Council. 2013. 24 May 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201624/http://www.athletics-oceania.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Directory/2013_PGC_Directory.pdf. 4 March 2016.
- Web site: Taumaheke . Kuata . Fenui News. TASNOC is under new leadership. 9 March 2015. 12 June 2015.
