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Unat a jugé que les affirmations contre le jugement n ° UNT / 2009/004 n'étaient pas à recevoir car seuls les appels contre les jugements sur les mérites sont à recevoir. En ce qui concerne les affirmations contre le jugement n ° UNT / 2011/080, Unat a jugé qu'il n'était pas nécessaire de produire d'autres documents. Unat a jugé que UNDT avait correctement appliqué l'article 10. 5 de la loi UNDT pour ordonner la rémunération à la place et que l'appelant n'avait pas le droit de demander à UNAT de commander sa réintégration. Unat a noté que le non-renouvellement était basé sur une évaluation des...
Unat considérait l'appel de l'appelant. Unat a noté que, contrairement à l'affirmation de l'appelant, UNDT n'était pas tenu de déterminer si la fermeture du centre était une conséquence de la mauvaise gestion ou de tout autre facteur, car l'objectif principal n'était pas de se débarrasser de l'appelant. Unat a constaté que UNDT ne manquait pas d'exercer sa juridiction en ne déterminant pas si la fermeture du centre était le résultat d'une mauvaise gestion et d'irrégularités sérieuses. Unat a également constaté que l'appelant n'avait pas soumis une preuve suffisamment claire et convaincante que...
Unat a jugé que la demande de l'appelant avait été soumise à UNTS après l'expiration de la période de réponse; La période de réponse a commencé à la date à laquelle elle a re?u une lettre de l'unité d'évaluation de la direction l'informant que sa demande d'évaluation de la direction n'était pas à recevoir car, en tant que juge, elle n'était pas membre du personnel ou ancien membre du personnel du sens des règles du personnel. Unat a jugé que les affirmations de l'appelant selon lesquelles le juge de l'UNDT avait commis une erreur sur une question de fait, en considérant la lettre comme la...
Unat a jugé que l'appelant n'avait ni contesté une décision qui, selon lui, ne correspondait pas aux stipulations de son contrat de service ni au droit de demander la mise en ?uvre d'une procédure d'arbitrage avant UNDT. Cependant, Unat a jugé que UNT avait commis une erreur en concluant que l'appelant avait manifestement abusé du processus. L'appel a été partiellement confirmé et le jugement de l'UNT est partiellement annulé concernant le paiement de 500,00 USD pour abus de procédure.
UNAT a considéré la demande de révision de Mme Basenko du jugement n ° 2011-UNAT-139. Unat a jugé que la référence faite par Unat au précédent dans Gabaldon (jugement n ° 2011-UNAT-139) n'a pas pu être considérée comme un fait décisif qui était, au moment où le jugement était rendu, inconnu de Unat. Unat a jugé qu'il n'était pas en mesure de voir un motif valable de révision dans le cadre de l'article 11 de la loi Unat. Unat a jugé que la demande n'était pas à recevoir. UNAT a rejeté la demande.
The UNAT interpreted the application as a request for a correction of the previous UNAT judgment.
The UNAT noted that the case file of the former United Nations Administrative Tribunal revealed that the President of that Tribunal had extended the deadline for filing the appeal but a copy of that decision had not been placed in the file submitted to the UNAT. The UNAT observed that it had rendered its judgment to reject the appeal, without being aware of the President's decision.
The UNAT found, however, that the staff member's appeal was received by the United Nations Administrative Tribunal...
UNAT considered Ms Basenko’s application for revision of judgment No. 2011-UNAT-139. UNAT held that the reference made by UNAT to the precedent in Gabaldon (judgment No. 2011-UNAT-139) could not be regarded as a decisive fact which was, at the time the judgment was rendered, unknown to UNAT. UNAT held that it was unable to see any valid ground for revision within the purview of Article 11 of the UNAT Statute. UNAT held that the application was not receivable. UNAT dismissed the application.
UNAT considered an appeal by the Secretary-General. UNAT held that appeals against decisions taken during proceedings are receivable only in exceptional circumstances where UNDT has manifestly exceeded its jurisdiction. UNAT held that even though UNDT may have committed a procedural error, it had not exceeded its jurisdiction. UNAT dismissed the appeal.
UNAT granted the Secretary-General’s appeal on the basis that UNDT manifestly exceeded its jurisdictional powers by converting an application for suspension of action into an application on merits and inviting the parties to make submissions on the merits. UNAT held that UNDT took an ultra petita decision by ordering measures for which no claim had been made.
UNAT considered the Secretary-General’s appeal. UNAT held that, in converting on its own motion an application for suspension into an application on the merits, UNDT had taken an ultra petita decision, ordering measures not requested of it. UNAT held that, in taking the contested decision while a management evaluation was under way, UNDT had breached the provisions of Article 8 of its Statute, which makes prior management evaluation compulsory whenever one is requested. UNAT held that, in ordering the placement of the application for suspension on the list of cases to be considered on the...
UNAT held that the Appellant had not shown that the Secretary-General of IMO was required, under the IMO staff regulations and the staff rules, to make available to a federation of international staff associations from different organisations an IMO staff member, who was elected to a high office, for all or part of the term. UNAT held that the reference in the appeal to Staff Rule 108. 1, concerning election, composition, and competencies of the staff committee, did not apply in the case. As to the question of inter-agency cost-sharing, UNAT held that it could only establish that this had to...
UNAT considered an appeal by the Secretary-General and a cross-appeal by Ms Johnson. UNAT agreed with UNDT’s analysis and held that the decision to deny the staff member a refund of the US income tax on her salary and emoluments was unlawful. UNAT recalled that the US grants foreign tax credits in respect of income tax paid by one of its nationals or permanent residents to another State to relieve the effects of double taxation. UNAT held that the exclusion of such credits as payment would not only contravene the principle of equality of treatment among staff members if staff members from the...
UNAT noted that, in considering an appeal filed by a former ICAO staff member, it was reviewing a decision taken by an executive authority (i. e. ICAO Secretary-General) on the basis of the conclusions and recommendations of the AJAB, and not a judgment delivered by a professional, independent court of first instance determining the issue itself through its decision, i. e., UNDT. UNAT held that to that extent, the UNAT Statute is only applicable to such an appeal insofar as, and on condition that its provisions are compatible with the judgment of an appeal directed against a decision taken by...
UNAT considered the appeal, in which the Secretary-General requested that UNAT consider the appeal receivable and find that UNDT exceeded its competence in ordering a suspension of action on the decision not to extend Mr Rawat’s appointment. UNAT noted that, in imminently executing the administrative order, UNDT failed to comply with the five-working-day limit, set forth in Villamoran (2011-UNAT-160), without giving any reasons for doing so and thus, clearly exceeded its competence. UNAT consequently held that the appeal against the contested order was receivable and founded. UNAT rescinded...
UNAT held that UNDT’s interpretation process, which led to the dismissal of the claim, was neither unreasonable nor unfair. UNAT noted that the affirmation that only the purchasing power element of comparison would allow an equal pay and treatment of staff members constituted only a postulation of a certain parameter among many possible options, without real support except in terms of policy selection because other criteria could also allow that kind of equal treatment, provided that they are applied in a general and non-discriminating way. UNAT noted that the comparator element adopted in the...
UNAT held that UNDT previously addressed the issues at hand and, therefore, there were no grounds to consider that the Appellant’s rights to due process were violated by a judgment by default or by not considering her arguments. UNAT noted that UNDT did not err in concluding that there was no administrative decision concerning the Appellant’s return to the G-4 post capable of judicial review under Article 2(1) of the UNDT Statute, as that return was the predictable and logical consequence of her non-selection. UNAT relied on its holding in Zhang (2010-UNAT-078) and held that UNDT correctly...
UNAT held that the contentions against judgment No. UNDT/2009/004 were not receivable since only appeals against judgments on merits are receivable. Regarding the contentions against judgment No. UNDT/2011/080, UNAT held that there was no need to produce further documents. UNAT held that UNDT had correctly applied Article 10. 5 of the UNDT Statute in ordering compensation in lieu and that the Appellant had no right to request UNAT to order his reinstatement. UNAT noted that the non-renewal was based on a tainted performance evaluation and that UNDT, therefore, ordered the rescission of the...
UNAT held that the Appellant had failed to demonstrate that the contested decision had adverse effects on his terms and conditions of employment, in particular his health insurance and benefits. UNAT held that the Appellant had brought no relevant arguments to challenge UNDT’s finding that there was no administrative decision within UNDT’s jurisdiction being contested. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNDT judgment.
UNAT considered the Appellant’s appeal. UNAT noted that, contrary to the Appellant’s contention, UNDT was not required to ascertain whether the closure of the Centre was a consequence of mismanagement or of any other factor since the primary purpose was not to get rid of the Appellant. UNAT found that UNDT did not fail to exercise its jurisdiction by not ascertaining whether the closure of the Centre was the result of serious mismanagement and irregularities. UNAT also found that the Appellant failed to submit sufficiently clear and convincing evidence that the desire to retaliate against him...
UNAT held that the Appellant’s application was submitted to UNDT after the expiration of the response period; the response period began on the date on which she received a letter from the Management Evaluation Unit informing her that her request for a management evaluation was not receivable because, as a judge, she was not a staff member or a former staff member within the meaning of the Staff Rules. UNAT held that the Appellant’s claims that the UNDT judge erred on a question of fact, by considering the letter as the decision that concluded the management evaluation, and that it erred on a...