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Iulia Antoanella Motoc
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Motoc in 2013
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| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| Assumed office 11 March 2024 |
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| Nominated by | Romania |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Judge at the European Court of Human Rights | |
| In office 18 December 2013 – 2 July 2023 |
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| Nominated by | Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe |
| Preceded by | Corneliu Birsan |
| Succeeded by | Sebastian Rădulețu |
| Judge at the Constitutional Court of Romania | |
| In office 15 June 2010 – 17 December 2013 |
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| Succeeded by | Toni Greblă |
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| Born | 20 August 1967 Timișoara, Romania |
| Spouse | Mihnea Motoc |
| Children | Luca-Mihnea Motoc |
| Occupation | Judge at European Court of Human Rights, professor and lawyer |
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Iulia Antoanella Motoc (born August 20, 1967) is a judge from Romania. She is an expert in international law, which deals with rules between countries. Currently, she serves as a Judge of the International Criminal Court. This court handles very serious international crimes.
Before this, she was a Judge at the European Court of Human Rights. This court protects human rights across Europe. She was also a professor at the University of Bucharest and a Judge at the Constitutional Court of Romania. This court checks if laws follow Romania's constitution.
Ms. Motoc was a special reporter for the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She also led several international groups of experts. She was even the Vice-President of the UN Human Rights Committee. In 2013, she was chosen to be a judge at the European Court of Human Rights. Her term started in December 2013 and lasted nine years. In 2023, Romania chose her to be their candidate for the International Criminal Court.
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Early Life and Education
Iulia Motoc was born in Timișoara, a city in Romania. She studied law at the University of Bucharest. She earned a master's degree in law from Paul Cézanne University in France in 1991.
She also completed a doctorate in international law in 1996. Later, she earned another doctorate in ethics from the University of Bucharest in 1999. She also spent time studying at famous universities like the Yale Law School in the United States.
Career Highlights
Working in Romania
Iulia Motoc started her career as a magistrate in Romania. She worked as both a prosecutor and a judge from 1989 to 1995. In 1996, she became a lawyer in Bucharest.
After that, she joined the University of Bucharest as a teacher. She became a full professor in 2002. From 2007 to 2008, she helped review Romania's Constitution. She focused on the part about human rights. In 2010, she was elected as a judge at the Constitutional Court of Romania. She worked there until she became a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in 2013.
International Human Rights Work
Iulia Motoc joined the United Nations Subcommission on Human Rights in 1996. She even served as its President from 2000 to 2001. She helped write important guidelines for the UN. These included rules about the rights of Indigenous Peoples and principles for fighting extreme poverty.
She was also the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Human Genome. This means she wrote the first UN reports on genetics and human rights. From 2001 to 2004, she was the UN Special Rapporteur for the Democratic Republic of Congo. She visited conflict areas and reported on serious human rights issues there.
Ms. Motoc was also a member of the Advisory Committee for the Protection of National Minorities. She served on this committee from 1998 to 2004 and again from 2008 to 2012. She was also part of the Fundamental Rights Agency of the European Union.
Teaching and Research
Since 2002, Iulia Motoc has been a Professor of International Law and European Law at the University of Bucharest. She also directed a European Master's program on Human Rights. This program was based in Venice.
She has taught at other well-known universities around the world. These include New York University School of Law and St-Thomas University in Miami. She was also a guest professor at the European Academy of Human Rights in Florence. At the European Court of Human Rights, she started a group focused on international law.
European Court of Human Rights
Iulia Motoc began her work as a judge at the European Court of Human Rights in December 2013. In 2022, one of her opinions in a case was recognized as the best separate opinion of 2021. This opinion was for the case of N. v. Romania.
In her opinion, Judge Motoc stressed the importance of protecting people with mental health issues. She argued that these individuals are often treated unfairly. She believed the court should do more to prevent discrimination against them.
Selected Publications
Iulia Motoc has written many books and articles about law. Here are some of her important works:
- Migration and the European Convention on Human Rights (co-edited), Oxford University Press, 2020.
- The ECHR and General International Law (co-edited), Oxford University Press, 2018.
- The impact of the European Court of Human Rights and the case-law of democratic change and development in Eastern Europe (co-edited), Cambridge University, 2016.
- Women's rights as human rights from universal to regional (editor), University of Bucharest, 2009.
- The International Law of Genetic Discrimination, Oxford University Press, 2009.
Honors and Awards
Iulia Motoc has received several important awards for her work:
- The National Order "Star of Romania" (Knight rank).
- The Order of Saints Constantine and Helena.
- A Certificate of Honor from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Personal Life
Iulia Antoanella Motoc is married to Mihnea Motoc, who used to be Romania's Minister of Defense. They have one son together. In her free time, she has also written a short novel called "Maria Și Machiavelli," which was published in 2020.
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