UNDT/2023/033, Yu
An application before the Dispute Tribunal shall be filed within 90 calendar days of the receipt of the management evaluation outcome, not the date at which a staff member acknowledged its receipt.
In addition, statutory time limits are calculated in the time zone of the Tribunal’s seat having geographical jurisdiction over the matter, not according to the location of the Applicant or the Respondent.
As a result, having received the management evaluation response on 2 December 2022.
the Applicant should have filed her application at the latest by 2 March 2023.
However, having only filed it on 3 March 2023, the application is time-barred and not receivable ratione temporis.
The Applicant, a former P-4 Legal Officer at UNCTAD, Geneva, under a temporaryappointment, contests the decision not to reappoint her.
Time limits are to be strictly enforced, and that lateness even by several minutes, several hours, or several days is irrelevant.