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Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le TUNDT avait rejet¨¦ ¨¤ juste titre la demande de Mme Yu au motif qu'elle n'¨¦tait pas recevable ratione temporis. Le TANU a soulign¨¦ qu'¨¦tant donn¨¦ que le poste de Mme Yu ¨¦tait bas¨¦ en Europe occidentale, les d¨¦lais statutaires doivent ¨ºtre calcul¨¦s en fonction de l'heure de Gen¨¨ve, o¨´ le TANU est situ¨¦, et que Mme Yu avait donc d¨¦pass¨¦ le d¨¦lai d'un jour.

Le TANU a rejet¨¦ les nouveaux arguments et ¨¦l¨¦ments de preuve relatifs au processus de m¨¦diation qui lui ¨¦taient soumis pour la premi¨¨re fois. M¨ºme s'ils ¨¦taient pris en compte, le TANU a conclu que la m¨¦diation ne...

The UNAT found that the UNDT had appropriately dismissed Ms. Yu¡¯s application as not receivable ratione temporis.  The UNAT emphasized that because Ms. Yu¡¯s position was based in Western Europe, the statutory time limits must be calculated based on Geneva time where the UNDT is located, and therefore, Ms. Yu missed the deadline by one day.

The UNAT rejected the new arguments and evidence related to the mediation process submitted to the UNAT for the first time.  Even if these were considered, the UNAT concluded that the mediation did not pertain to the contested decision and therefore did not...

Le TANU a rejet¨¦ les nouveaux arguments et ¨¦l¨¦ments de preuve soumis pour la premi¨¨re fois au Tribunal d'appel, qui visaient ¨¤ d¨¦montrer que M. El-Anani n'avait pas lu la pi¨¨ce jointe du courriel communiquant la sanction disciplinaire.
Le TANU a confirm¨¦ que les deux enregistrements de notification Microsoft Outlook reconnus par M. El-Anani indiquaient que la d¨¦cision contest¨¦e lui avait ¨¦t¨¦ remise et qu'il l'avait lue le 28 mars 2023 et qu'il ¨¦tait donc tenu de d¨¦poser sa demande aupr¨¨s du TANU au plus tard le 26 juin 2023. ?tant donn¨¦ que M. Al-Anani n'a d¨¦pos¨¦ sa demande que le 28 juin 2023...

The UNAT rejected the new arguments and evidence submitted to the Appeals Tribunal for the first time that were aimed to show that Mr. El-Anani had not read the attachment of the e-mail that communicated the disciplinary sanction.

The UNAT confirmed that, the two Microsoft Outlook notification records acknowledged by Mr. El-Anani indicated that the contested decision had been delivered to and read by him on 28 March 2023 and that he was therefore required to file his application with the UNDT by no later than 26 June 2023. Since Mr. Al-Anani did not file the application until 28 June 2023...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que, puisque M. Nigam avait fond¨¦ son recours interlocutoire sur de pr¨¦tendues erreurs de fait et de droit commises par le juge-pr¨¦sident du TANU, sans all¨¦guer que le TANU avait agi de mani¨¨re extrajudiciaire ou en outrepassant sa comp¨¦tence, il devait attendre, pour exercer son droit de recours, qu'une d¨¦cision finale ait ¨¦t¨¦ rendue.
Le TANU a conclu qu'un arr¨ºt ant¨¦rieur du TANU ne contenait aucune indication de partialit¨¦ du juge Belle ¨¤ l'encontre de M. Nigam, ni aucune critique allant au-del¨¤ de ce qu'un observateur raisonnablement inform¨¦ pourrait attendre d'un arr¨ºt...

The UNAT held that, since Mr. Nigam based his interlocutory appeal on alleged errors of fact and law by the UNDT Judge President, with no allegation of the UNDT acting extra-jurisdictionally or similarly in excess of its jurisdiction, he must wait to exercise his right of appeal until a final decision has been made.

The UNAT concluded that an earlier UNDT Judgment contained neither any indication of bias by Judge Belle against Mr. Nigam, nor any criticism beyond what a reasonably informed observer might expect from a partly erroneous judgment and its subsequent appellate review.

The UNAT...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que la d¨¦cision administrative concernant les remboursements ¨¤ l'agent a pris effet en droit le 7 mai 2019, date ¨¤ laquelle il a re?u le virement de l'Organisation.  Les raisons de ce montant de remboursement ont ¨¦t¨¦ discut¨¦es avec lui peu de temps avant que le virement ne soit effectu¨¦.  Bien que les explications des calculs sous-jacents aient ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦p¨¦t¨¦es dans des ¨¦changes de courriels ult¨¦rieurs avec le membre du personnel, ces r¨¦p¨¦titions ne constituaient pas des d¨¦cisions administratives suppl¨¦mentaires ou nouvelles susceptibles d'¨ºtre contest¨¦es par le membre du...

The UNAT held that the administrative decision concerning reimbursements to the staff member took effect in law on 7 May 2019, when he received the wire transfer from the Organization.  The reasons for this reimbursement amount were discussed with him shortly before the wire transfer was made.  Although explanations of the underlying calculations were repeated in subsequent email exchanges with the staff member, those repetitions were not additional or new administrative decisions that were open to challenge by the staff member, thereby resetting the statute of limitations.  

The UNAT found...

Le TANU a pr¨¦cis¨¦ que la seule question ¨¦tait de savoir si le requ¨¦rant, un ancien membre du personnel, avait pr¨¦sent¨¦ un fait nouveau et d¨¦cisif qui lui ¨¦tait inconnu, ainsi qu'au Tribunal d'appel, lorsque l'arr¨ºt ant¨¦rieur du TANU a ¨¦t¨¦ rendu, et que ce fait aurait eu une incidence mat¨¦rielle sur l'issue de cet arr¨ºt.
Le TANU a examin¨¦ les documents soumis par l'ancien fonctionnaire et a conclu qu'ils ¨¦taient tous connus de lui avant le prononc¨¦ de l'arr¨ºt du TANU.  L'ancien fonctionnaire a essentiellement r¨¦p¨¦t¨¦ ou ajout¨¦ les m¨ºmes arguments que ceux qu'il avait avanc¨¦s dans son premier...

The UNAT specified that the sole issue was whether the applicant, a former staff member, had presented a new and decisive fact that was unknown to him and the Appeals Tribunal when the prior UNAT Judgment was decided, and that this fact would have materially impacted the outcome of that Judgment.

The UNAT reviewed the documents submitted by the former staff member and concluded that they were all known to him prior to the issuance of the UNAT Judgment.  The former staff member essentially repeated or added to the same arguments he made in his original appeal, and the UNAT had already...

Le TANU a d'abord observ¨¦ que l'agent avait consacr¨¦ une partie de son m¨¦moire d'appel ¨¤ contester les conclusions de fait d'un jugement ant¨¦rieur de l'UNDT concernant son dossier disciplinaire.  Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ¨¦tait emp¨ºch¨¦ de le faire parce qu'il n'avait pas fait appel de ce premier jugement de l'UNDT.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que lorsque le TNDU a examin¨¦ la sanction disciplinaire impos¨¦e, il a correctement pris en compte les cas ant¨¦rieurs impliquant une faute comparable, ainsi que les facteurs aggravants et att¨¦nuants.  Les circonstances att¨¦nuantes invoqu¨¦es par l'agent ont ¨¦t¨¦ prises en...

The UNAT first observed that the staff member dedicated parts of his appeal brief to challenging the findings of fact in an earlier UNDT judgment concerning his disciplinary case.  The UNAT held that he was estopped from doing so because he did not appeal this earlier UNDT judgment.

The UNAT was satisfied that when the UNDT reviewed the disciplinary sanction imposed, the UNDT properly considered previous cases involving comparable misconduct, as well as aggravating and mitigating factors.  The mitigating factors raised by the staff member were considered by the Administration, but they simply...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le TNDU avait commis une erreur en estimant que la circulaire ST/SGB/2003/13 imposait l'existence d'un "avantage indu" pour qu'il y ait exploitation sexuelle.  Le TANU a ¨¦galement conclu que l'ancien membre du personnel avait abus¨¦ de la position de vuln¨¦rabilit¨¦ de V01 ¨¤ des fins sexuelles (c'est-¨¤-dire en se livrant ¨¤ au moins quatre actes sexuels), ce qui constitue une exploitation et un abus sexuels.  Le TANU a soulign¨¦ que l'UNDT elle-m¨ºme avait reconnu que V01, pr¨¦tendument mineure, ¨¦tait vuln¨¦rable et moins puissante que l'ancien membre du personnel, et que ses...

The UNAT held that the UNDT erred in finding that ST/SGB/2003/13 imposes a requirement of ¡°undue advantage¡± for sexual exploitation to occur.  The UNAT further found that the former staff member abused the position of vulnerability of V01 for sexual purposes (i.e., engaging in at least four acts of sexual intercourse), which constitutes sexual exploitation and abuse.  The UNAT emphasized that the UNDT itself acknowledged that V01, allegedly a minor, was vulnerable and less powerful than the former staff member, and that his actions had a sexual connotation.  Therefore, the UNAT held that the...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Tribunal n'avait pas commis d'erreur de proc¨¦dure affectant l'issue de l'affaire en rejetant partiellement les requ¨ºtes de l'ancien fonctionnaire visant ¨¤ obtenir des preuves suppl¨¦mentaires ou en ne lui accordant pas un d¨¦lai suppl¨¦mentaire suffisant pour r¨¦pondre aux observations du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral.
Le TANU a ¨¦galement conclu que l'UNDT avait correctement identifi¨¦ la d¨¦cision contest¨¦e comme ¨¦tant la d¨¦cision du 1er avril 2022 le d¨¦clarant in¨¦ligible ¨¤ participer ¨¤ l'ASHI.  Le TANU a observ¨¦ que l'ancien fonctionnaire avait lui-m¨ºme identifi¨¦ cette d¨¦cision ¨¤ la...

The UNAT held that the UNDT did not commit any error in procedure that affected the outcome of the case by partially denying the former staff member¡¯s motions for production of additional evidence or by not granting him sufficient additional time to respond to the Secretary-General¡¯s submissions.

The UNAT also concluded that the UNDT appropriately identified the contested decision as the 1 April 2022 decision finding him ineligible to participate in ASHI.  The UNAT observed that the former staff member himself identified this decision in both his UNDT application and his management evaluation...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent s'¨¦tait livr¨¦ publiquement ¨¤ des actes de nature sexuelle dans un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies clairement identifi¨¦, ce qui avait jet¨¦ le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦¨¦ des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dans laquelle les questions en jeu exigeaient que le TANU se prononce sur la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TANU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur la d¨¦cision du TANU.  L'UNDT disposait d'un clip vid¨¦o montrant les actions en question, qui ¨¦taient...

The UNAT noted that the staff member publicly engaged in acts of a sexual nature in a clearly marked United Nations vehicle, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.

The UNAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the UNDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a UNDT hearing had not affected its decision.  The UNDT had before it a video clip depicting the actions in question, which were clearly of a sexual nature.

The UNAT agreed with the UNDT that the lawfulness of the...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent avait permis ¨¤ une femme non autoris¨¦e de monter ¨¤ bord d'un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies qui lui avait ¨¦t¨¦ attribu¨¦ et de commettre publiquement des actes de nature sexuelle sur le si¨¨ge arri¨¨re, jetant le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦ant des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dont les questions exigeaient que le TNDU d¨¦termine la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TNDU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur sa d¨¦cision.  L'UNDT a pris en compte de mani¨¨re...

The UNAT noted that the staff member allowed an unauthorized female individual to board a United Nations vehicle assigned to him and to publicly commit acts of a sexual nature in the rear seat, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.

The UNAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the UNDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a UNDT hearing had not affected its decision.  The UNDT appropriately considered the former staff member's admissions, as well as the video clip...