蘑菇视频AT Held or 蘑菇视频DT Pronouncements
蘑菇视频AT considered the Appellants’ consolidated appeals against the rejection of their requests to be upgraded to a higher level. 蘑菇视频AT held that it was not satisfied that the essential elements were present to enable the IMO SAB to take a decision within the meaning of Article 2(10) of the 蘑菇视频AT Statute. 蘑菇视频AT held that, even if the SAB issuance was a decision, it was nevertheless only advisory or recommendatory. 蘑菇视频AT noted that SAB gave advice to the Secretary-General of IMO, who could not be regarded as a neutral part of the process as he was both the employer’s representative and the original decision-maker. 蘑菇视频AT held that it was the Secretary-General of IMO, who was not a neutral first instance, who took the final decision. 蘑菇视频AT remanded the matter to the SAB for decision.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The individuals requested their posts to be upgraded to a higher level. The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) rejected their requests upon advice from the IMO’s Classification Committee and the IMO’s internal appeals process (the Staff Appeals Board (SAB)), which both recommended that the posts stayed at their current grades.
Legal Principle(s)
蘑菇视频AT is competent to hear appeals from an international organization or other entities participating in the common system of conditions of service where a special agreement has been concluded which accepts the jurisdiction of 蘑菇视频AT. However, such a special agreement may only be concluded where the organization or entity utilizes a neutral first instance process that includes a written record and written decision providing reasons, fact and law.