Maureen Harding Clark
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Maureen Harding Clark | |
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| Judge of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | |
| Assumed office 12 June 2019 | |
| Nominated by | António Guterres |
| Appointed by | Norodom Sihamoni |
| Preceded by | Agnieszka Klonowiecka-Milart |
| Judge of the High Court | |
| In office 11 December 2006 – 3 November 2014 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Mary McAleese |
| Judge of the International Criminal Court | |
| In office 11 March 2003 – 10 December 2006 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | Assembly of States Parties |
| Judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia | |
| In office 22 April 2001 – 9 February 2003 | |
| Nominated by | Government of Ireland |
| Appointed by | United Nations General Assembly |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 January 1946 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Education | Muckross Park College |
| Alma mater | |
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.[1]
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.[2] She also learned Malay.[2] The school they attended in Malaysia was located in Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur.[3] When she was twelve years old, the family moved to Ireland[2] where she attended the Muckross Park College in Dublin.[3] In 1964, Clark began studying at the University of Lyon where she obtained a diploma in French language.[3]
In 1965, Clark returned to Ireland and studied law at the University College Dublin,[3] where she met her husband.[2] Following her graduation with a BCL degree,[3] she and her husband settled in the United States, where they had two children.[2] After an amicable separation, she and the children returned to Ireland, where she followed up her studies at Trinity College Dublin.[3] While at the university, her lecturer was Mary Robinson,[2][4] 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.[3]
In 2021, she was made an honorary fellow of Trinity College Dublin.[5]
