Cesla Virginia Amarelle (born 14 September 1973, Montevideo) is an Uruguayan-Swiss jurist and politician.

She is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Switzerland and a professor of law at University of Neuchâtel.

Cesla Amarelle was born on 14 September 1973 in Montevideo, Uruguay, three months after the 1973 Uruguayan coup d'état that brought a military dictatorship to power in the country.

[1] Her parents, both leftist activists, decided to flee Uruguay and in 1977, while working for an international organization in Geneva, Switzerland, settled in Yverdon-les-Bains.

[3] In 2008–09, Amarelle lectured at University of Fribourg and was its chair for international and European law.