2012-Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT-275, Cooke
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT considered an appeal by the Secretary-General. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT, under Article 8.3 of its Statute, was authorised to waive the time limits for filing applications in certain situations but that the staff member had failed to submit a written request for a waiver and to justify exceptional circumstances. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT could not consider whether exceptional circumstances existed unless the staff had submitted a prior written request for waiver. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT held that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT had interpreted Articles 19 and 35 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT RoP in a manner that conflicted with Articles 8.1 and 8.3 of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT...