Charles Michael Dennis Byron (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Born on 4 July 1943, Judge Charles Michael Dennis Byron was Chief of   the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. He was also Chairman of the Judicial and Legal Services Commission, President of Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute Bencher, Chairman of Commonwealth Judicial Distance Learning Committee (1999).

Judge Byron was in private practice throughout the Leeward Islands with chambers in the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Anguilla (1966-1982). He took part in several law conferences such as the conference of United States Government Roundtable II for Judicial Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean, Washington, D.C. (1996).

Judge Byron studied law at Cambridge University (1962-1966) and received an MA, L.L.B. [Cantab.]. He received the award of Knight Bachelor by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (2002).