Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵAT Held or Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT Pronouncements
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT found that the application was not receivable as the Applicant failed to request a management evaluation of the contested decision. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT found that the Applicant¡¯s communications with the Human Resources Management Section of the United Nations Office in Vienna in July 2012 did not amount to a request for management evaluation, and even if they were accepted as such a request, it would have been out of time by approximately three months.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested the decision of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (¡°Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵODC¡±) not to renew his contract beyond 29 February 2012.
Legal Principle(s)
Requirement of management evaluation: Pursuant to art. 8.1 of the Statute of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT, read together with staff rule 11.2(a), an applicant must, as a mandatory first step in cases that do not fall under staff rule 11.2(b), request management evaluation of a contested decision before filing an application with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT. The purpose of such management evaluation is primarily to allow management to review, and possibly correct, the challenged administrative decision, thereby avoiding unnecessary litigation before the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT. Where the concerned individual has failed to request management evaluation, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵDT has no jurisdiction to consider her or his application.