He is the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the
OPEC Fund for International Development, and Chairman of the
Islamic Development Bank Administrative Tribunal. He is a former President and member of the Appeals' Committee of the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. He advises international organizations and States on legal issues, including litigation before international courts and tribunals. He is a Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Hong Kong Regional Arbitration Centre of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation. Elias is a visiting professor in international law at the Department of Law,
Queen Mary University of London and has taught at the
King's College London and the
University of Buckingham. He is also the author of several publications in the field of International Law and was awarded the Honorary Membership Award of the
American Society of International Law(ASIL) in recognition of his contributions to international law. He was Registrar (United Nations Assistant Secretary-General), of the
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) until 30 June 2020. Elias has held several functions including being a Judge for Staff Appeals,
Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL); Legal Adviser and Director,
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), The Hague; Executive Secretary (Registrar), World Bank Administrative Tribunal, Washington D.C.; Senior Legal Officer, OPCW; Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary,
United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), Geneva and Legal Adviser, Governing Council Secretariat, UNCC. Elias was a candidate in the
2020 International Court of Justice judges election. He was not elected. In early 2022, Elias was appointed by the
International Monetary Fund to an external panel to strengthen institutional safeguards in the wake of a data scandal involving IMF Managing Director
Kristalina Georgieva during her time at the World Bank. ==Statements and speeches==