UNDT/2012/168

UNDT/2012/168, Seyidova

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

Receivability ratione temporis: Time limits for contesting administrative decisions are legal imperatives and the Tribunal is bound to examine on its own motion the issue of receivability even if the parties did not raise it.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant, a former UNHCR staff member, contested the decision not to select her for a post following its reclassification. She filed her application 91 days after the receipt of the management evaluation decision.

Legal Principle(s)

N/A

Outcome

Dismissed as not receivable

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Applicants/Appellants

Seyidova

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