# Maureen Harding Clark > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maureen_Harding_Clark > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Maureen_Harding_Clark.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Harding_Clark > Source revision: 1353078886 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Judge at the International Criminal Court and the High Court of Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = [The Hon. Ms. Justice](/source/The_Honourable) | name = Maureen Harding Clark | office = Judge of the [Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia](/source/Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal) | term_start = 12 June 2019 | term_end = | nominator = [António Guterres](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres) | appointer = [Norodom Sihamoni](/source/Norodom_Sihamoni) | predecessor = [Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart](/source/Agnieszka_Klonowiecka-Milart) | successor = | office1 = Judge of the [High Court](/source/High_Court_(Ireland)) | term_start1 = 11 December 2006 | term_end1 = 3 November 2014 | nominator1 = [Government of Ireland](/source/Government_of_the_29th_D%C3%A1il) | appointer1 = [Mary McAleese](/source/Mary_McAleese) | office2 = [Judge of the International Criminal Court](/source/Judges_of_the_International_Criminal_Court) | term_start2 = [11 March 2003](/source/2003_International_Criminal_Court_judges_election) | term_end2 = 10 December 2006 | nominator2 = [Government of Ireland](/source/Government_of_the_29th_D%C3%A1il) | appointer2 = [Assembly of States Parties](/source/International_Criminal_Court) | office3 = Judge at the [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia](/source/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia) | term_start3 = 22 April 2001 | term_end3 = 9 February 2003 | nominator3 = [Government of Ireland](/source/Government_of_the_28th_D%C3%A1il) | appointer3 = [United Nations General Assembly](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|01|03|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), Scotland | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | education = [Muckross Park College](/source/Muckross_Park_College) | alma_mater = {{Ubl|[University of Lyon](/source/University_of_Lyon)|[University College Dublin](/source/University_College_Dublin)|[Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin)|[King's Inns](/source/King's_Inns)}} |}} '''Maureen Harding Clark''' (born 3 January 1946) is an Irish judge who served as a Judge of the [Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia](/source/Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal) since June 2019, a Judge of the [High Court](/source/High_Court_(Ireland)) from 2006 to 2014, a Judge at the [International Criminal Court](/source/International_Criminal_Court) from 2003 to 2006, and a Judge at the [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia](/source/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia) from 2001 to 2003.{{Cite web|first=Amanda |last= Verdery Young|title=Maureen Harding Clark|url=https://www.womeninpeace.org/c-names/2017/6/14/maureen-harding-clark| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.womeninpeace.org/c-names/2017/6/14/maureen-harding-clark| archive-date=4 January 2022|access-date=4 January 2022|website=Women in Peace|date= 2 March 2017|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}} == Early life and education == Clark was born to an Irish [Catholic](/source/Irish_Catholics) mother and a Scottish [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterianism) father in [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh), [Scotland](/source/Scotland). When she was two years old, her family moved to [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) where she and her sister attended an English school run by French nuns.{{Cite news|date=23 June 2001|title=Irish criminal lawyer joins Hague tribunal|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/irish-criminal-lawyer-joins-hague-tribunal-1.314471|access-date=4 January 2022|newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)|language=en}} She also learned [Malay](/source/Malay_language).{{Cite news|date=23 June 2001|title=Irish criminal lawyer joins Hague tribunal|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/irish-criminal-lawyer-joins-hague-tribunal-1.314471|access-date=4 January 2022|newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)|language=en}} The school they attended in Malaysia was located in [Bukit Nanas](/source/Bukit_Nanas), [Kuala Lumpur](/source/Kuala_Lumpur).{{Cite web|date=12 December 2002|title=Election of the judges of the International Criminal Court|url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/482952| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/482952| archive-date=4 January 2022|language=en|publisher=[United Nations](/source/United_Nations)}}{{cbignore}} When she was twelve years old, the family moved to [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) where she attended the [Muckross Park College](/source/Muckross_Park_College) in [Dublin](/source/Dublin). In 1964, Clark began studying at the [University of Lyon](/source/University_of_Lyon) where she obtained a diploma in French language. In 1965, Clark returned to Ireland and studied law at the [University College Dublin](/source/University_College_Dublin), where she met her husband. Following her graduation with a [BCL](/source/Bachelor_of_Civil_Law) degree, she and her husband settled in the [United States](/source/United_States), where they had two children. After an amicable separation, she and the children returned to Ireland, where she followed up her studies at [Trinity College Dublin](/source/Trinity_College_Dublin). While at the university, her lecturer was [Mary Robinson](/source/Mary_Robinson),{{Cite web|last=Byrne|first=John|date=22 March 2006|title=Judging Consultants|url=https://magill.ie/archive/judging-consultants| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://magill.ie/archive/judging-consultants| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2022|website=magill.ie}}{{cbignore}} who later became [President of Ireland](/source/President_of_Ireland). In 1975, she completed her studies and became a [Barrister-at-Law](/source/Barrister) at the [Honourable Society of King's Inns](/source/King's_Inns). In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.[https://www.tcd.ie/Secretary/FellowsScholars/fellowship/#hf TRINITY MONDAY 2021 – FELLOWS AND SCHOLARS] == Legal career == Following her graduation in 1975{{Cite web|date=2 August 2019|title=His Majesty the King appoints New ECCC Judge|url=https://cambodianewsgazette.com/his-majesty-the-king-appoints-new-eccc-judge/| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://cambodianewsgazette.com/his-majesty-the-king-appoints-new-eccc-judge/| archive-date=4 January 2022|access-date=4 January 2022|website=Cambodia News Gazette|language=en-US}}{{cbignore}} Clark was a barrister in the [South Eastern Circuit](/source/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)){{Cite web|date=2001|title=Statement of Support of candidature of Maureen Harding Clark submitted to the legal counsel of the United Nations|url=https://legal.un.org/icc/elections/judges/clark/statement(e).pdf|website=United Nations}} in a variety of cases.{{Cite web|date=2001|title=Statement of Support of candidature of Maureen Harding Clark submitted to the legal counsel of the United Nations|url=https://legal.un.org/icc/elections/judges/clark/statement(e).pdf|website=United Nations}} In 1985, she assumed as the State Prosecutor for [Tipperary](/source/Tipperary_(town)). In 1991, she became a [Senior Counsel](/source/Senior_Counsel). The same year, she quit her job in Tipperary and became a prosecutor at the [Central Criminal Court](/source/Central_Criminal_Court_(Ireland)) in Ireland.{{Cite news|last=Newman|first=Christine|title=Irish judge nominated for world criminal court|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irish-judge-nominated-for-world-criminal-court-1.1103701| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irish-judge-nominated-for-world-criminal-court-1.1103701| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2022|newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)|language=en}}{{cbignore}} She was described as "tough-minded", and "If she was prosecuting, you knew you were prosecuted". She led the prosecution in the first money-laundering trial in Europe, as well as the first [marital rape](/source/marital_rape) and male rape trials in Ireland. In 2004, she was appointed a member of the [Irish Human Rights Commission](/source/Irish_Human_Rights_Commission).{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Judge Maureen Harding Clark to the Human Rights Commission �� IHREC – Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission|url=https://www.ihrec.ie/appointment-of-judge-maureen-harding-clark-to-the-human-rights-commission/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.ihrec.ie/appointment-of-judge-maureen-harding-clark-to-the-human-rights-commission/| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2022|website=[Irish Human Rights Commission](/source/Irish_Human_Rights_Commission)|language=en}}{{cbignore}} == Judicial career == In June 2001, Clark was elected as one of the 27 so-called ''[ad litem](/source/ad_litem)'' judges at the [International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia](/source/International_Criminal_Tribunal_for_the_former_Yugoslavia) (ICTY) by the [General Assembly of the United Nations](/source/United_Nations_General_Assembly).{{Cite web|title=Pool of 27 Ad Litem Judges elected by UN General Assembly. {{!}} International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|url=https://www.icty.org/en/press/pool-27-ad-litem-judges-elected-un-general-assembly| url-status=live | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.icty.org/en/press/pool-27-ad-litem-judges-elected-un-general-assembly| archive-date=4 January 2022|access-date=5 January 2022|website=www.icty.org}}{{cbignore}} She was assigned to a trial concerning human rights violations.{{Cite web|title=The first six ad-litem Judges appointed by United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan. {{!}} International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|url=https://www.icty.org/en/press/first-six-ad-litem-judges-appointed-united-nations-secretary-general-kofi-annan|access-date=8 January 2022|website=www.icty.org}} By March 2003, her chamber had sentenced [Mladen Naletilić Tuta](/source/Mladen_Naletili%C4%87_Tuta) to 20 years' and Vinko Martinovic to 18 years' imprisonment.{{Cite web|title=Judgement in the case The Prosecutor v. Mladen Naletilic et Vinko Martinovic {{!}} International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia|url=https://www.icty.org/en/press/judgement-case-prosecutor-v-mladen-naletilic-et-vinko-martinovic|access-date=8 January 2022|website=www.icty.org}} In 2003, she was elected to a nine-year term as a judge of the [International Criminal Court](/source/International_Criminal_Court) (ICC), where she was tasked with the organization of the trials and the establishment of a judicial infrastructure. On 10 December 2006, she resigned from her post at the International Criminal Court after being appointed a [High Court](/source/High_Court_(Ireland)) judge.{{Cite web|title=ICC – Resignation of Judge Maureen Harding Clark|url=https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/icc-resignation-judge-maureen-harding-clark|access-date=26 August 2024|website=[International Criminal Court](/source/International_Criminal_Court)|date=11 December 2006|language=en-GB}} In 2019, following her nomination by the UN secretary-general [António Guterres](/source/Ant%C3%B3nio_Guterres), the [King of Cambodia](/source/King_of_Cambodia) [Norodom Sihamoni](/source/Norodom_Sihamoni) appointed Clark as a judge of the Supreme Court of the [Khmer Rouge Tribunal](/source/Khmer_Rouge_Tribunal), the court at which the leaders of the Cambodian [Khmer Rouge](/source/Khmer_Rouge) are to be tried. In December 2006, Clark became a Judge of the High Court of Ireland,{{cite web |title=No. 101 (2006) |url=https://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2006/december/2006%2012%2019%20IO%20Issue.PDF |publisher=[Iris Oifigiúil](/source/Iris_Oifigi%C3%BAil) |access-date=12 January 2022 |date=19 December 2006}}{{Cite web|date=December 2006|title=Top justices to fill two bench vacancies|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/top-justices-to-fill-two-bench-vacancies-26350509.html| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/top-justices-to-fill-two-bench-vacancies-26350509.html| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2022|website=[Independent](/source/Irish_Independent)|language=en}}{{cbignore}} a post she held until 2014.{{Cite news|last=O'Shea|first=Sinead|title=Retired judge sought Mount Trenchard inquiry|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/retired-judge-sought-mount-trenchard-inquiry-1.1928847| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/retired-judge-sought-mount-trenchard-inquiry-1.1928847| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=5 January 2022|newspaper=[The Irish Times](/source/The_Irish_Times)|language=en}}{{cbignore}} She was also the judicial visitor for the [Trinity College Dublin](/source/School_of_Law%2C_Trinity_College_Dublin) between 2009 and 2020.{{Cite web|title=Mr Justice George Birmingham Appointed New Judicial Visitor|url=https://universitytimes.ie/2020/11/mr-justice-george-birmingham-appointed-new-judicial-visitor/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220104/https://universitytimes.ie/2020/11/mr-justice-george-birmingham-appointed-new-judicial-visitor/| archive-date=4 January 2022|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2022|website=[The University Times](/source/The_University_Times)|language=}}{{cbignore}} == References == {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harding Clark, Maureen}} Category:1946 births Category:Living people Category:Irish jurists Category:Irish judges of international courts and tribunals Category:Alumni of University College Dublin Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:High Court judges (Ireland) Category:Honorary Fellows of Trinity College Dublin Category:Irish women judges Category:Khmer Rouge Tribunal judges Category:International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia judges Category:International Criminal Court judges Category:Alumni of King's Inns Category:21st-century Irish judges Category:21st-century Irish women judges Category:Irish people of Scottish descent --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Maureen Harding Clark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Harding_Clark) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_Harding_Clark?action=history)). 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