Carmel Agius
Carmel Agius | |
|---|---|
 Agius in 2014 | |
| Judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | |
| Assumed office 1 July 2012 | |
| President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals | |
| In office 19 January 2019 – 30 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Theodor Meron |
| Succeeded by | Graciela Gatti Santana |
| President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 2015–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Theodor Meron |
| Succeeded by | office abolished |
| Vice-President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 2011–2015 | |
| Preceded by | O-Gon Kwon |
| Succeeded by | Liu Daqun |
| Judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 14 March 2001 – 31 December 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 August 1945 |
| Alma mater | University of Malta |
Carmel Agius (born 18 August 1945, in Sliema, Malta) is a Maltese judge who served as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2017 and its president from 2015 to 2017. He has also served as a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since 2012 and its president from 2019 to 2022.
Early life and education
[edit]Agius was born on 8 August 1945, in Sliema, Malta. He graduated from the University of Malta with a Bachelor of Arts in English, Italian and Economics in 1964, a diploma of notary in 1968 and as a Doctor of Laws (LL.D) in 1969.[1]
Career
[edit]Agius was called to the bar in 1970. For 7 years, he worked in private practice primarily on civil and commercial litigation, advising the Times of Malta and Bank of Valletta.[1] He was appointed a magistrate in 1977 and a judge of the superior courts in 1982. He served on the court of appeal and constitutional court of Malta, and was acting chief justice on several occasions. He retired from the Maltese judiciary in August 2010.[2][3][4]
From 1996 to 1998, Agius represented the government of Malta at the meetings of the United Nations preparatory committee for a permanent international criminal court. In 1998, he headed the delegation of Malta at the Rome diplomatic conference and signed the Rome Statute on behalf of Malta. He also headed the Maltese delegations at the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and the Treatment of Offenders until 2000. From 1999 to 2008, he was a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration.[4]
In 2001, Agius was elected as a judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). As a trial chamber judge, he presided over major cases, such as the multi-accused trial of Vujadin Popović and others for the Srebrenica massacre.[3] In 2010, he was appointed to the appeals chamber for the ICTY and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He was the vice-president of the ICTY from 2011 to 2015 and its final president from 2015 to 2017.[5]
Agius has been a judge of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals since its commencement in 2012, serving as its president from 2019 to 2022.[4][6][7]
Honours
[edit]In 2015, Agius was appointed an officer of the National Order of Merit of Malta.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae Judge Carmel A. Agius" (PDF). Judiciary Malta. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Judge Complains about retirement age". Malta Independent. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "Maltese judge appointed president of UN court". Times of Malta. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ a b c "Judge Carmel Agius". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "The President". Legacy website of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "Judge Carmel Agius assumes office as the new President of the Mechanism". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. 19 January 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
- ^ "UN Secretary-General reappoints Judge Carmel Agius as Mechanism President and renews terms of Mechanism Judges". United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2025.