Maureen Harding Clark

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 since June 2019, a Judge of the High Court from 2006 to 2014, a Judge at the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2006, and a Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 2001 to 2003.

Early life and education Clark was born to an Irish Catholic mother and a Scottish Presbyterian father in Edinburgh, Scotland. When she was two years old, her family moved to Malaysia where she and her sister attended an English school run by French nuns. She also learned Malay. When she was twelve years old, the family moved to Ireland who later became President of Ireland. In 1975, she completed her studies and became a Barrister-at-Law at the Honourable Society of King's Inns.

Legal career Following her graduation in 1975 Clark was a barrister in the South Eastern Circuit in a variety of cases. She was described as "tough-minded", and "If she was prosecuting, you knew you were prosecuted".

Judicial career In June 2001, Clark was elected as one of the 27 so-called ad litem judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) by the General Assembly of the United Nations. She was assigned to a trial concerning human rights violations. By March 2003, her chamber had sentenced Mladen Naletilić Tuta to 20 years' and Vinko Martinovic to 18 years' imprisonment.

In 2003, she was elected to a nine-year term as a judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC), where she was tasked with the organization of the trials and the establishment of a judicial infrastructure. Clark served in that capacity until 2014.

From 2009 to 2020, she was a Judicial Visitor at the Trinity College Dublin.