Judge Socorro Flores Liera

Nationality: Mexico (Latin American and Caribbean States)

Term: 11 March 2021 - 10 March 2030

Assumed full-time duty: 1 May 2021

Elected from: List B on 23 December 2020

Assigned to: Pre-Trial Division

Previously assigned to: Pre-Trial Division (16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024)

Current chamber: Trial Chamber II, Trial Chamber VI, Pre-Trial Chamber I, Trial Chamber X

President of Division

Biography

Judge as of 11 March 2021, for a term of nine years. 

Prior to joining the ICC, Judge Socorro Flores Liera has had a distinguished career in Mexico's Foreign Service, holding a number of senior posts, most recently (2017-2021) as the Permanent Representative of Mexico to the Office of the United Nations and other International Organizations based in Geneva. Among other functions, she served as Vice-President of the Human Rights Council for the year 2020.

As a member of the Mexican delegation, Judge Flores Liera was closely involved in the process leading to the creation of the International Criminal Court since 1995, notably including the negotiations that led to the Rome Statute and to the adoption of the Elements of Crimes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence. She subsequently served as the first Head of the Court's Liaison Office at the United Nations in New York, coordinating contacts between the two organizations.

Judge Flores Liera served as advocate-counsellor of Mexico in proceedings brought before the International Court of Justice in the "Avena" case (Mexico v. United States). She has participated in the negotiation of several international instruments in the field of public international law, and she served as Chairperson of the Drafting Committee at the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.

Judge Flores Liera studied law at the Universidad Iberoamericana and the Faculty of Law of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, specializing in public international law. She has published several works in the area of international criminal law, international cooperation and climate change, among others. She is a member of the Mexican Branch of the International Law Association. 

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Situation and Cases

Current situations and cases:
The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga - Trial Chamber II (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - Trial Chamber II (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber II (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Trial Chamber II (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Dominic Ongwen - Trial Chamber II (Presiding)
The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani - Trial Chamber VI
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo II - Pre-Trial Chamber I
The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Mudacumura - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in Libya - Pre-Trial Chamber I
The Prosecutor v. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Republic of Mali - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in Gabon - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation on Registered Vessels of the Union of the Comoros, the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh/Republic of the Union of Myanmar - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Plurinational State of Bolivia - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in Georgia - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela I - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela II - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Republic of the Philippines - Pre-Trial Chamber I
The Prosecutor v. Iyad Ag Ghaly - Pre-Trial Chamber I
Situation in the Republic of Lithuania/Republic of Belarus - Pre-Trial Chamber I
The Prosecutor v. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud - Trial Chamber X
Past situations and cases:
Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela I - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the Plurinational State of Bolivia - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in Georgia - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela II - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Al-Tuhamy Mohamed Khaled - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the State of Palestine - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation on Registered Vessels of the Union of the Comoros, the Hellenic Republic and the Kingdom of Cambodia - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the People’s Republic of Bangladesh/Republic of the Union of Myanmar - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Sylvestre Mudacumura - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Mahmoud Mustafa Busayf Al-Werfalli - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga - Trial Chamber II ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Abdallah Banda Abakaer Nourain - Trial Chamber IV ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - Trial Chamber II ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Bosco Ntaganda - Trial Chamber II ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in Gabon - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the Republic of Mali - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in Libya - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi - Trial Chamber VIII ( 16 March 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
The Prosecutor v. Mahamat Said Abdel Kani - Trial Chamber VI ( 14 December 2021 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo II - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 15 June 2023 - 12 March 2024 )
Situation in the State of Palestine - Pre-Trial Chamber I ( 12 March 2024 - 22 April 2024 )