Procedure (first instance and UNAT)
Survivor鈥檚 benefits
United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)
The UNAT held that the Standing Committee of UNJSPB had appropriately found Ms. Briel ineligible to receive a widow鈥檚 benefit.
The UNAT found that Ms. Briel should have submitted her appeal to the UNAT using the prescribed form, accompanied by a brief explaining her grounds for appeal, particularly given that she had received clear instructions from the UNAT Registry. Nonetheless, the UNAT reviewed the merits of her appeal.
The UNAT found that, at the time of the late participant鈥檚 death, he had not reported Ms. Briel as his spouse or common-law spouse. Moreover, there was no evidence to...