_Apinelu.jpg) Apinelu in 2019 | |
| High Commissioner to Fiji | |
| Assumed office 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Temate Melitiana |
| Attorney General of Tuvalu | |
| In office 2008–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Iakoba Italeli |
| Succeeded by | Laingane Italeli Talia |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | University of Tasmania University of South Pacific Swinburne University |
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]
- ^ "Education (General Provisions) (Approval of Enrolment) (No. 1)" (PDF). The State of Queensland. 1993. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
- ^ "University of Tasmania" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-19. Retrieved 2009-05-12.
- ^ "Tuvalu's first female lawyer, Ese Apinelu reflects on IWD2019". globalalumni.gov.au. May 6, 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Apinelu, Eselealofa (2022). "Standing Under Fenua: Customary Rights and Human Rights in Postcolonial Tuvalu" (PDF). A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 25 February 2024.