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Unat a rejet¨¦ la demande d'audience orale, concluant qu'il n'¨¦tait pas n¨¦cessaire ou aiderait ¨¤ l'¨¦limination rapide et ¨¦quitable de l'affaire. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte visant ¨¤ ¨¦tendre les droits de l'appelant en tant que membre du personnel, UNAT a jug¨¦ qu'il n'y avait aucune circonstance exceptionnelle qui justifierait l'octroi de la requ¨ºte et la requ¨ºte a configur¨¦ une tentative de compl¨¦ter les arguments d¨¦j¨¤ pr¨¦sent¨¦s dans les soumissions d'appel. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte pour que UNAT retire l'immunit¨¦ de certains membres du personnel si son appel ¨¦chouait, Unat a jug¨¦ que la...

Unat a rejet¨¦ la demande d'audience orale, concluant qu'il n'¨¦tait pas n¨¦cessaire ou aiderait ¨¤ l'¨¦limination rapide et ¨¦quitable de l'affaire. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte visant ¨¤ ¨¦tendre les droits de l'appelant en tant que membre du personnel, UNAT a jug¨¦ qu'il n'y avait aucune circonstance exceptionnelle qui justifierait l'octroi de la requ¨ºte et que la requ¨ºte ¨¦tait une tentative de compl¨¦ter les arguments d¨¦j¨¤ pr¨¦sent¨¦s dans les soumissions d'appel. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte pour que Unat supprime l'immunit¨¦ de certains membres du personnel si son appel ¨¦chouait, Unat a jug¨¦ que la...

Unat a rejet¨¦ la demande d'audience orale, concluant qu'il n'¨¦tait pas n¨¦cessaire ou aiderait ¨¤ l'¨¦limination rapide et ¨¦quitable de l'affaire. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte visant ¨¤ ¨¦tendre les droits de l'appelant en tant que membre du personnel, UNAT a jug¨¦ qu'il n'y avait pas de circonstances exceptionnelles qui justifieraient l'octroi de la requ¨ºte et que la requ¨ºte ¨¦tait essentiellement une tentative de compl¨¦ter les arguments d¨¦j¨¤ pr¨¦sent¨¦s dans les soumissions d'appel. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte pour que Unat supprime l'immunit¨¦ de certains membres du personnel si son appel ¨¦chouait...

Unat a constat¨¦ que UNDT ne r¨¦pondait pas aux demandes des membres du personnel pour une prolongation du d¨¦lai et qui avait plut?t converti Sua Sponte les demandes de prolongation du d¨¦lai en applications ?incompl¨¨tes?, jugeant les demandes non ¨¤ la cr¨¦ance. Unat a jug¨¦ que UNDT n'avait pas offert aux membres du personnel la possibilit¨¦ de d¨¦poser une demande. Unat a jug¨¦ que UNDT avait d¨¦pass¨¦ sa comp¨¦tence et sa juridiction et commis des erreurs de proc¨¦dure lorsqu'elle a d¨¦termin¨¦ que les demandes de prolongation du d¨¦lai ¨¦taient ?l'¨¦quivalent? des demandes; a d¨¦duit que les d¨¦clarations...

Unat a rejet¨¦ la demande d'audience orale concluant qu'une audience orale n'¨¦tait ni n¨¦cessaire ni aider ¨¤ l'¨¦limination rapide et ¨¦quitable de l'affaire. En ce qui concerne la requ¨ºte de l¡¯appelant, Unat a jug¨¦ qu¡¯il n¡¯y avait aucune situation exceptionnelle qui justifierait l¡¯octroi de la requ¨ºte. Unat a soutenu que la requ¨ºte ¨¦tait essentiellement une tentative de l'appelant de compl¨¦ter les arguments d¨¦j¨¤ pr¨¦sent¨¦s dans ses soumissions d'appel. Unat a rejet¨¦ la requ¨ºte. En ce qui concerne les soumissions de l'appel, Unat a jug¨¦ que l'UNDT avait commis une erreur en droit en rejetant la...

UNAT considered an appeal by Mr Wu and a cross-appeal by the Secretary-General. UNAT held that the cross-appeal was receivable, despite it being a default judgment and the Secretary-General not having been allowed to participate in the proceedings or to file a reply. UNAT held that the application was not receivable ratione materiae on the basis that he had not made a timely request for management evaluation. UNAT held that therefore UNDT had no jurisdiction to address the merits of the claims in the application and those claims were not properly before UNAT for consideration. UNAT held that...

UNAT considered the appeal on several issues, being the first one whether UNDT erred in law in determining that the Appellant¡¯s challenge to the separation decision was time-barred. UNAT found that the Appellant did not file an application within the 90-day calendar period established in Article 8. 1(d)(i)(b) of the UNDT Statute. With respect to the issue of whether there is a contradiction between Neault (judgment No. 2013-UNAT-345) and Gallo (judgment No. 2015-UNAT-552), UNAT held that there is no discrepancy between Neault and Gallo. UNAT noted that the ratio of both judgments is that where...

UNAT considered the Secretary-General¡¯s appeal, specifically the question of whether Mr Wilson¡¯s circumstances were sufficient to vitiate the Assistant Secretary-General of OHRM¡¯s decision. UNAT recalled the criteria set out in Sanwidi, 2010-UNAT-084 (para. 42), according to which it can interfere with an administrative decision. UNAT found that there was no basis for UNDT to conclude that ¡°no proper consideration was given to [Mr. Wilson¡¯s] individual circumstances and attributes that may have warranted a legitimate exception in this case. ¡± UNAT found that there was sufficient basis set out...

UNAT rejected the request for an oral hearing, finding that it was not necessary or would assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case. UNAT held that the staff member¡¯s motion to remove immunity from certain staff members, should her appeal fail, was entirely misconceived, as such a request was entirely outside of the mandate of UNAT. UNAT dismissed the appeal against UNDT Order No. 133 (GVA/2015), finding that the Appellant had failed to present compelling grounds that UNDT had exceeded its jurisdiction in restricting its judicial review to a paper-only assessment and not...

UNAT rejected the request for an oral hearing, finding that it was not necessary or would assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case. With regards to the motion to extend the Appellant¡¯s rights as a staff member, UNAT held that there were no exceptional circumstances that would warrant the granting of the motion and the motion configured an attempt to supplement arguments already made in the appeal submissions. With regards to the motion to have UNAT remove immunity from certain staff members should her appeal fail, UNAT held that the motion was entirely misconceived, as such a...

UNAT rejected the request for an oral hearing, finding that it was not necessary or would assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case. With regards to the motion to extend the Appellant¡¯s rights as a staff member, UNAT held that there were no exceptional circumstances that would warrant the granting of the motion and the motion was an attempt to supplement arguments already made in the appeal submissions. With regards to the motion to have UNAT remove immunity from certain staff members should her appeal fail, UNAT held that the motion was entirely misconceived, as such a request...

UNAT rejected the request for an oral hearing, finding that it was not necessary or would assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case. With regards to the motion to extend the Appellant¡¯s rights as a staff member, UNAT held that there were no exceptional circumstances that would warrant the granting of the motion and the motion was essentially an attempt to supplement arguments already made in the appeal submissions. With regards to the motion to have UNAT remove immunity from certain staff members should her appeal fail, UNAT held that the motion was entirely misconceived, as such...

UNAT held that the Appellant¡¯s argument regarding the time limits was misconceived since UNDT had not declared the application non-receivable because the Appellant had failed to respect the time limits for filing an application, rather it declined jurisdiction on the basis that he had not sought timely management evaluation, i. e. , within the requisite sixty days of the contested decisions, as required by Staff Rule 11. 2(c). UNAT held that the exercise of determining the date of an implied administrative decision should be conducted by determining when the staff member knew or should...

UNAT found that the execution of the UNDT judgment No. UNDT/2014/007 had been suspended following the filing of the Secretary-General¡¯s appeal to UNAT. UNAT held that the UNDT judgment had become duly executable upon the issuing to the parties of judgment No. 2015-UNAT-516 wherein UNAT dismissed the Secretary-General¡¯s appeal against UNDT judgment. UNAT held that the staff member¡¯s motion seeking execution was properly filed before UNAT. UNAT held that the request for execution had been rendered moot by the event that the payment was issued on 22 July 2015. UNAT considered that the only...

UNAT rejected the request for an oral hearing finding that an oral hearing was neither necessary nor would assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case. Regarding the Appellant¡¯s motion, UNAT held that there were no exceptional circumstances that would warrant the granting of the motion. UNAT held that the motion was essentially an attempt by the Appellant to supplement arguments already made in her appeal submissions. UNAT denied the motion. Regarding the appeal¡¯s submissions, UNAT held that that UNDT had erred in law in rejecting the application on the basis that the Appellant¡¯s...

UNAT found that UNDT did not address the staff members¡¯ requests for an extension of time and that instead had converted sua sponte the requests for an extension of time into ¡°incomplete¡± applications, adjudging the applications not receivable. UNAT held that UNDT had not afforded the staff members the opportunity to file an application. UNAT held that UNDT had exceeded its competence and jurisdiction and committed errors in procedure when it determined that the requests for an extension of time were the ¡°equivalent¡± of applications; inferred that the statements in the requests for an...

UNAT held that the Standing Committee correctly determined that the applicable rules provide that the pension participant is required to inform UNJPSF in writing of the benefit election made and of any commutation elected and that there was no provision for third party advisement. UNAT held that the Standing Committee¡¯s reliance on Article 30(b) of the UNJSPF Regulations as a rationale for its finding that a deferred retirement benefit became payable to Ms. Assebe upon her separation from service was flawed on the basis that she did not elect for a deferred retirement benefit. UNAT held that...

UNAT held that it was disingenuous for UNRWA to suggest that the Appellant¡¯s transfer application was considered in the same manner as the two candidates who were selected from the roster. UNAT held that UNRWA DT failed to properly exercise the jurisdiction vested in it and erred in law in failing to have regard to the Appellant¡¯s due process entitlements. UNAT held that UNRWA DT erred in law in relying on the authority of the Director of UNRWA Affairs, Lebanon, to reject the Appellant¡¯s application for assignment. UNAT did not uphold the contention that the Appellant had a legitimate...

The issue for determination by UNAT was whether the relevant date for the filing of the Secretary-General¡¯s appeal ran from the date on which the ALS received the UNDT judgment in its capacity as counsel of record for the Secretary-General before UNDT or the date on which the judgment was received by the OLA, the Secretary-General¡¯s counsel of record before UNAT. UNAT held that in the absence of any published UNDT rule or practice direction which decreed that transmission of UNDT judgments be made to OLA, it was not permissible for the Secretary-General to seek to rely on the date when the...

UNAT considered an appeal by Mr Survo and an appeal by the Secretary-General. UNAT held that UNDT had not erred in the procedure, including in its findings regarding receivability. UNAT held that UNDT had not erred in law in relation to the matters raised by Mr Survo. UNAT held that UNDT had not erred on a question of fact such as to render the decision of UNDT manifestly unreasonable. On the Secretary-General¡¯s appeal of the Special Post Allowance (SPA) issue, UNAT held that UNAT had no primary legal or factual basis from which it could conclude that Mr Survo had properly sought management...