October 2020 Issue of Talanoa Newsletter now available
A latest edition of our refreshed Talanoa Newsletter is now available. Enjoy! Download (PDF, 1.3 MB)
Pacific Toolkit: From policy to legislation
The Australian Attorney-General’s Department are pleased to announce the finalisation of the Pacific Toolkit: From policy to legislation. This toolkit has been designed to better equip Pacific Island government officials to navigate their way through challenging policy and legislative drafting processes. It provides a step by step guide to policy...
New Attorneys General Join PILON Network
The PILON Executive Committee welcome the Attorney General of Samoa, Ms Savalenoa Mareva Betham-Annandale as the new Chair of PILON and its Executive Committee. Ms Betham-Annandale is also the new Chair of the SGBV working group. PILON also welcomes new Attorney General of American Samoa, Ms Mitzie Jessop Taase...
Farewells
PILON acknowledges prominent members the network who departed for new opportunities over the past year. We thank Dr Falai Taafaki of RMI, Mr Brendan Horsley of NZ, Mr Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff of Samoa, Mr Graham Leung of Nauru and Fiji and Ms Corinna Lafai Ituaso of Tuvalu for their...
A prayer for the world during COVID-19
Almighty God, we know that everything is in Your sovereign control. We ask that You keep this COVID-19 from continuing to spread within families, communities, countries and the wider world. We pray for people who are more likely than others to become severely ill from COVID-19 the elderly and...
Fiji Woman named first Pacific Counsel to the International Criminal Court
Fiji Lawyer Ms Ana Tuiketei Bolabiu has become the first Pacific counsel on a global roster working for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague. Ms Bolabiu is a Legal Consultant and graduated from the University of the South Pacific (USP). She is a sessional lecturer with the School...
June 2020 issue of Talanoa Newsletter now available
A new edition of our Talanoa Newsletter is now available. Enjoy!
Update: Samoan Attorney General
PILON Executive Committee noted the resignation of Lemalu Hermann Retzlaff as Samoan Attorney-General. PILON Executive Committee thanked Mr Retzlaff for his outstanding leadership and commitment to PILON during the course of his tenure as host of the PILON Secretariat, Chair of the PILON SGBV Working Group and Chair of...
The Pacific Legal Policy Twinning Program 2019
14 October – 6 December 2019, Canberra, Australia Following the Pacific Legal Policy Champions Program, Attorney General’s Department ran the 2019 Pacific Legal Policy Twinning Program. This year they hosted four twins, Superintendent Amelia Rokotuivuna (Fiji Police), Ms Florence Yalided Ramoni Tagini (Solomon Islands), Ms Teanneki Nemta (Kiribati) and Mr...
The Pacific Legal Policy Champions Program 2019
14 – 25 October 2019, Canberra, Australia The Pacific Legal Policy Champions Program, hosted by Australian Attorney Generals Department (AAGD), was held in Canberra, Australia from 14 to 25 October 2019. It was attended by 12 Pacific law and justice officials from eight countries – Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, PNG,...