Carmel Agius

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 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.

Career 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.

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.

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.

Honours In 2015, Agius was appointed an officer of the National Order of Merit of Malta.