ICC - Resignation of Judge Maureen Harding Clark

Resignation of Judge Maureen Harding Clark

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Judge Maureen Harding Clark has resigned from the International Criminal Court (ICC) effective 10 December 2006.  In her letter to the President of the ICC, Judge Philippe Kirsch, tendering her resignation, Judge Clark indicated that she has been asked to serve on the High Court of Ireland and that under Irish law she was required to resign from the ICC in order to be appointed to the High Court. 

The Presidency congratulated Judge Clark on her forthcoming appointment, thanked her for her contributions to the ICC and expressed the ICC’s regret at her departure.

The Presidency informed the President of the Bureau of the Assembly of States Parties, H.E. Bruno Stagno Ugarte of Judge Clark’s resignation.  In accordance with article 37 of the Rome Statute, the Assembly of States Parties will elect a judge to fill the vacancy left by Judge Clark’s resignation. 

Judge Clark had been assigned to the Trial Division where she was actively involved in the establishment of the ICC’s judicial infrastructure, including the adoption of the Regulations of the Court, and in its preparations for trials.  Pending the first trials before the ICC, she was not serving on a full-time basis.