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Date: 20 April 2004 Ref: ICTR/INFO-9-1-384

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Subject: Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron Appointed as Permanent Judge of the ICTR

1. Please find attached Press release No 384 for your information.

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Tribunal p£nal international pour le Rwanda PRESS RELEASE External Relations & Strategic Planning Section

Arusha, 20 April 2004 NATIONS UNIES

Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron Appointed as Permanent Judge of the ICTR

The Secretary-General of the United Nations has appointed Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron of and as a permanent Judge of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Judge Byron will replace his compatriot Judge Lloyd George Williams who resigned last month.

Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron assumed his post on 08 April 2004. He will serve the remainder of Judge Williams' term, which expires on 24 May 2O07 and will serve in Trial Chamber

Born in 1943 in , St. Kitts, Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron became Chief Justice of the Eastern Supreme Court in 1999- Prior to this, he was Judge of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court since 1982. Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron had been in private practice as a -at Law throughout with Chambers in St. Kitts, Nevis and from 1966 to 1982, before being appointed Judge.

Sir Charles Michael Dennis Byron read law at Cambridge, before being called to the Bar at the Hon. Society of Inner Temple as Barrister-at-Law of the High Court of Justice of and Wales.

In 2000, Judge Byron was conferred the award of Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11.

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