UNDT/2023/027 | SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

UNDT/2023/027, Dawadi

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

A a holder of an UN Volunteer offer of assignment, the Applicant may not file an application before the Tribunal, as he is neither a staff member or a former staff member of the United Nations, nor a person making claims in the name of an incapacitated or deceased staff member of the United Nations.

Secondly, there is no evidence that the Applicant submitted a timely management evaluation request.

As a result, the application is not receivable ratione personae and ratione materiae.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

The Applicant contests the decision to cancel his assignment as an International UN Volunteer Specialist of Information Management Officer in the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Fiji, and to withdraw his contract with UN Volunteer.

Outcome

Dismissed as not receivable

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

Dawadi

Entity

UNV

Case Number(s)

UNDT/GVA/2023/014

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

Geneva