Socorro Flores Liera
{{Short description|Mexican diplomat and ICC judge}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = María del Socorro Flores Liera (45772158041).jpg
| name = María del Socorro Flores Liera
| office1 = Judge of the International Criminal Court
| term_start1 = 11 March 2021
| term_end1 =
| nominator1 = Mexico
| appointer1 = Assembly of States Parties
| office2 = Permanent Representative of Mexico to the United Nations in Geneva
| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2021
| predecessor2 = {{ill|Jorge Lomónaco Tonda|es}}
| successor2 = {{ill|Francisca Elizabeth Méndez Escobar|es|Francisca Méndez}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|9|15}}
| birth_place = Mexico City, Mexico
}}
María del Socorro Flores Liera (born 15 September 1965), known as Socorro Flores, is a Mexican lawyer, diplomat and judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Prior to this tenure, she was Mexico's permanent representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva.{{Cite news|date=10 March 2021|title=Ambassador Socorro Flores Liera sworn in as judge on the International Criminal Court|publisher=Government of Mexico|url=https://www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/ambassador-socorro-flores-liera-sworn-in-as-judge-on-the-international-criminal-court?idiom=en|access-date=}}{{Cite web|title=María del Socorro Flores Liera Archivos|url=https://lideresmexicanos.com/tag/maria-del-socorro-flores-liera/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Líderes Mexicanos}}
Early and education
Flores Liera was born in Mexico City. She studied Law at the Universidad Iberoamericana and obtained advanced degree in International Law from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Career
She started her diplomatic career in 1992 when she joined the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and rose through the ranks to the position of Director of International Law in the Legal Consultancy and Coordinator of Advisors in the Undersecretariat for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights.{{Cite web|title=María del Socorro Flores asume como la primera Jueza mexicana de Corte Internacional en La Haya|url=https://www.noroeste.com.mx/nacional/maria-del-socorro-flores-asume-como-la-primera-jueza-mexicana-de-corte-internacional-en-la-haya-MX635871|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Noroeste|language=es-MX}} As a diplomat, she was in charge of the Mexican delegation involved in the negotiations which lead to the Rome Statute in 1998 and in consequence to the establishment of the International Criminal Court.{{Cite web|title=Socorro Flores de Liera|url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/CourtStructure/Pages/judge.aspx?name=Judge%20Socorro%20Flores%20Liera|access-date=2021-12-28|website=www.icc-cpi.int}} She was the head of the General Directorate for Global Issues (DGTG) and General Director of American Regional Organizations and Mechanisms (DGOMRA) from 2013 to 2015. In 2017, she was appointed Mexico's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. She was elected Judge of the International Criminal Court by the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC following the Court's Independent Expert Report which showed that Liera received the highest rating and the highest number of votes among 18 contenders. She was sworn in to the court on 10 March 2021.{{Cite web|date=2021-01-07|title=node:title|url=https://ibero.mx/prensa/href|access-date=2021-09-25|website=IBERO|language=es}}{{Cite web|title=María del Socorro Flores Liera, la primera mexicana en ser jueza en la Corte Penal Internacional|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/mundo/maria-del-socorro-flores-liera-la-primera-mexicana-en-ser-jueza-en-la-corte-penal-internacional/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=El Financiero|date=10 March 2021 |language=es}}{{Cite web|title=María del Socorro Flores se convierte en la primera jueza mexicana en la Corte Penal Internacional|url=http://www.reporteindigo.com/reporte/maria-del-socorro-flores-se-convierte-en-la-primera-jueza-mexicana-en-la-corte-penal-internacional/|access-date=2021-09-25|website=Reporte Indigo|date=10 March 2021 |language=es-MX}}
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Category:Mexican women diplomats
Category:20th-century Mexican lawyers
Category:International Criminal Court judges
Category:21st-century Mexican judges
Category:Universidad Iberoamericana alumni
Category:Permanent representatives of Mexico to the United Nations Office at Geneva