Honor Society® member
Elifuraha Laltaika
Senior Fellow at United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
- University of Arizona
- Law (Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy)
- Class of 2016
- Arusha, Tanzania
Member since December 2014
About
Elifuraha co-founded Association for Law and Advocacy for Pastoralists (ALAPA) a non-profit organization that defends rights of traditional cattle herders and hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. A Fulbright alumnus he holds Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Oregon School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M) from the University of Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) from the University of Dar-es-salaam (Tanzania). He is currently a Doctor of Laws (SJD) candidate at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers School of Law. He was Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tumaini University Makumira, member of a technical advisory panel of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility, Consultant for IFAD and a senior Fellow at the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva. He has delivered guest lectures in the US, Denmark, and the Philippines, and has been published in the Oregon Review of International law, the TUMA Law Review, the Journal of Tanganyika Law Society, etc.
Education
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University of Arizona
Doctor of Laws(Indigenous Peoples Rights)
2013 – 2016
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University of Oregon, US
Master of Laws (Environmental and Natural Resources)
2012 – 2013
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University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
Master of Laws (Environmental law)
2006
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University of Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania
Bachellor of Laws
2001 – 2005
Honors and awards
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Fulbright Scholarship Award
I was awarded by the Institute of International Education to pursue graduate studies in natural resources law at the University of Oregon, US
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Public interest law with a focus on protection of indigenous peoples rights and the environment.
- Outside the classroom
Writing, jogging
Experience
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Senior Fellow
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Apr 2011 – Jul 2011
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Progrmme Officer
Community Research and Development Services (CORDS), Arusha-Tanzania
Jun 2008 – Dec 2009
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Law Lecturer
Tumaini University Makumira
Jan 2007 – Aug 2012
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Policy and Advocacy Officer
Pastoralists Indigenous NGOs Forum, Arusha-Tanzania
May 2005 – Feb 2006
Volunteering
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Director
Association for Law and Advocacy for Pastoralists (ALAPA)
Feb 2010 – Jul 2012
Languages
- English (US) Fluent
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