UNDT/2023/109

UNDT/2023/109, Ocokoru

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

The Application being barred by res judicata, this case is dismissed as not receivable ratione materiae.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The decision of the Secretary-General to close investigations into the Applicant's rape complaint; the non-implementation of UNDT Judgment No: UNDT/2015/004; the decision to “underpay compensation ordered by UNDT and refusal to pay Applicant’s medical bills and withheld salary and refusal to properly and conclusively separate the Applicant.

Legal Principle(s)

The applicable jurisprudence has long recognized the doctrine of res judicata, under which an application is not receivable ratione materiae when the matter has been resolved by a prior final judgment.

Outcome

Dismissed as not receivable

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