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2013-UNAT-365

2013-UNAT-365, Gehr

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

UNAT held that UNDT, in assessing whether the publication complained of constituted an administrative decision, correctly determined that the Appellant had not identified any terms or conditions of his former employment which had been violated. UNAT held that UNDT, in reaching its decision, correctly assessed the publication of the President’s Order against the definition of an administrative decision and was correct in finding that both the determination that a ruling on a request for recusal should be issued in the form of an order or of a judgment and the decision to publish such rulings on a website were matters of internal organisation which did not constitute acts adversely affective staff member’s rights and, as such, did not constitute a challengeable administrative decision. UNAT held that the Appellant had not demonstrated that UNDT made any error of law or fact in rejecting his application. UNAT held that UNDT correctly determined that the criterion for summary judgment was met. UNAT held that the Appellant had not established any legal or factual basis for his submission that the principle of audi alteram partem had been disregarded by UNDT. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNDT judgment.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

UNDT Order: In Order No. 1 (PRES/2012), the President of UNDT rejected Mr Gehr’s motion for recusal. Mr Gehr challenged the decision to publish the Order on a separate section of the UNDT website, seeking its removal or its publication in the same way as other decisions relating to recusal were done. UNDT rejected the application.

Legal Principle(s)

In general, matters of internal organisation, such as the publication of orders on the UNDT website, do not constitute appealable administrative decisions.

Outcome
Appeal dismissed on merits

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