Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/092, Ortega Andres
In the present case, the Tribunal found the application not receivable ratione personae because at the date of filing it, the Applicant was not a staff member, and the contested decision did not breach the terms of his former appointment with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOPS.
Furthermore, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOPS and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµGSC are two different entities of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ system. While the Applicant was a former staff member of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµOPS, he had no employment relationship with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµGSC. He was an external candidate with no standing to challenge the decision not to select him for the contested position with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµGSC.
The Applicant acknowledged that ¡°there...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/089, Kibanga
The Applicant in this case did not request a review of the impugned decision by management evaluation, thus depriving the Tribunal of the jurisdiction to consider this matter any further.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/090, Odera
The Applicant in this case did not requested a review of the impugned decision by management evaluation, thus depriving the Tribunal of the jurisdiction to consider this matter any further.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/091, Otieno
The Applicant in this case did not requested a review of the impugned decision by management evaluation, thus depriving the Tribunal of the jurisdiction to consider this matter any further.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/088, Kembouche
While, arguably, changing the title of a position may carry the same effect as abolishing it, the two actions are not synonymous under the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR legal framework. Since ¡°discontinuance/abolition of post¡± and ¡°change of position title¡± are separately provided for under the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR New Resource Allocation Framework (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµHCR/AI/2019/7/Rev.1), it follows that they are independent of each other. Indeed, the above provision has explanatory language indicating that ¡°discontinuance of a post¡± is ¡°same as abolition of a post defined in the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations¡±. No such...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/087, Castro Figueredo
The compulsory nature of education at any level is not one of the eligibility requirements for the education grant. The determining factor is the binding nature of the start of formal primary education. Paragraph 4.2(d) provides for an exception only if an earlier start of formal primary education is required by law. In other words, it creates an exception to the five-year age-based definition of ¡°primary level¡± set forth in para 4.2(c). The legal minimum level of education for education grant eligibility purposes remains the primary level.
Furthermore, the Hungarian Act on National Education...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/086, Dolgopolov
The Tribunal found that the contested decision was lawful on the basis that the selected candidate had more experience than the Applicant and was therefore appropriately ranked the strongest candidate. Based on the documented record and the recommendation of the Hiring Manager, the Executive Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ-Habitat lawfully selected the candidate best suited for the functions of the position, taking into account the Organization¡¯s gender targets. The Tribunal was satisfied that the Administration had shown that the applicable procedure was followed and that the Applicant¡¯s candidacy was...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/085, Bista
While Nepalese law and custom may be relevant based on the Applicant¡¯s reluctance to culturally accept this designation of half-brother as applicable to him, Nepalese law cannot be deemed the applicable law of the United Nations when referring to employment matters within the Organization. The applicable law of the United Nations is seen and accepted as is promulgated in the Staff Regulations and Rules of the United Nations. The latter applies to employment matters.
While the Applicant wanted to raise his preferred belief that the law of Nepal should apply because he is Nepalese and so is his...
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT/2023/084, MOULANA
As long as the Temporary Job Opening had no impact on the Applicant¡¯s chances of selection, then an irregularity could not be relied upon as a basis for the selection process to be declared unlawful.
The Tribunal agreed with the Respondent that the Applicant cannot base his argument against the selection process in JO# 136259 by questioning the process in other matters which do not affect his case.
The Tribunal held that whilst the procedure spelt out in ST/AI/2010/3 was not followed, it was unable to see how this irregularity could have had any impact on the selection process.
2023-Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT-1376, Samuel Bwalya
Mr. Bwalya appealed.
The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAT found that Mr. Bwalya had not demonstrated that the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDT erred in finding that it had been established by clear and convincing evidence that he had committed misconduct by instructing a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP staff member to forge a backdated Memorandum of Understanding between the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture and the private firm Digata and to make a misrepresentation in a second document, intentionally acting to avoid or deviate from Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµDP¡¯s Financial Regulations, Rules and Procedures through the creation of these documents, and demonstrating favouritism in the award of a...