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Commen?ant par la pr¨¦somption que les actes officiels sont r¨¦guli¨¨rement accomplis, Unat a convenu que l'administration a agi conform¨¦ment aux r¨¨glements et aux r¨¨gles du personnel lorsqu'il a invit¨¦ trois candidats ¨¤ la liste pour un entretien informel et a fait une s¨¦lection finale de la liste. ?tant donn¨¦ que la pr¨¦somption de r¨¦gularit¨¦ a ¨¦t¨¦ satisfaite, la charge de la preuve s'est d¨¦plac¨¦e sur le membre du personnel qui doit d¨¦montrer qu'il n'a pas ¨¦t¨¦ pris en consid¨¦ration ¨¦quitable et ad¨¦quate. Ceci, le membre du personnel n'a pas fait. Unat a ¨¦galement convenu avec l'UNDT que le...

L'UNRWA DT a reconnu que la mesure disciplinaire impos¨¦e de la s¨¦paration du service sans indemnit¨¦ de licenciement est l'une des mesures disciplinaires les plus graves que l'agence puisse imposer ¨¤ un membre du personnel. N¨¦anmoins, il a d¨¦cid¨¦ que, ¨¦tant donn¨¦ l¡¯inconduite de l¡¯appelant dans l¡¯engagement des ch?timents corporels d¡¯un enfant handicap¨¦ et tr¨¨s vuln¨¦rable, et la politique claire de la tol¨¦rance z¨¦ro de l¡¯agence envers les ch?timents corporels, la mesure disciplinaire impos¨¦e ¨¤ l¡¯appelant ne semblait ni absurde ni arbitraire; Il n'y avait pas non plus de preuve que la mesure...

Undt a commis une erreur en d¨¦cidant que M. Adriantseheno avait ¨¦t¨¦ inculp¨¦ uniquement de harc¨¨lement sexuel, que son comportement envers VO1 et VO2 ne constituait pas de harc¨¨lement sexuel et que ses droits ¨¤ une proc¨¦dure r¨¦guli¨¨re ont ¨¦t¨¦ viol¨¦s.

Unat a jug¨¦ que UNDT n'avait pas manqu¨¦ d'exercer correctement sa juridiction en refusant de convoquer une deuxi¨¨me discussion sur la gestion des cas. Unat a jug¨¦ que, concernant la question de savoir si UNDT n'a pas abord¨¦ les arguments factuels de l'appelant contestant la l¨¦galit¨¦ de l'abolition de son poste, l'appel ¨¦tait sans m¨¦rite; L'appelante n'a fait que r¨¦¨¦quilibre son cas et n'a pas ¨¦tabli que UNDT a commis une erreur en fait ou en droit sur cette question. Unat a toutefois d¨¦tenu que Undt a commis une erreur en d¨¦cidant que l'appelant n'avait pas r¨¦fut¨¦ la pr¨¦somption que la...

Unat a consid¨¦r¨¦ les deux appels par le secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral et par M. Hussein Haidar. Unat a refus¨¦ la demande d'audience orale. Unat a jug¨¦ que UNDT ne s'est pas tromp¨¦ en concluant que les faits, sur lesquels la mesure disciplinaire ¨¦taient fond¨¦es, avaient ¨¦t¨¦ ¨¦tablies par des preuves claires et convaincantes. Unat a jug¨¦ que Undt a conclu correctement que les faits ¨¦tablis ¨¦quivalaient l¨¦galement ¨¤ une mauvaise conduite. Unat a jug¨¦ que UNDT n'avait pas commis d'erreur dans la proc¨¦dure telle que d'affecter la d¨¦cision de l'affaire lors de l'examen de l'une des d¨¦clarations. Unat n'a trouv¨¦...

As a preliminary matter, in response to the Appellant¡¯s request for interim measures, in which she requested that the Secretary-General complied with the UNDT judgment insofar as it had not been appealed against, UNAT denied the motion on the basis that execution should have been requested before UNDT. On the Appellant¡¯s motion to strike assertions and evidence, UNAT noted that the Appellant was supplementing her appeal, and denied the motion. On the merits, UNAT held that the appeal was limited to the request for further compensation, as per the Appellant¡¯s Power of Attorney document, and...

UNAT held that UNDT had not failed to properly exercise its jurisdiction by refusing to convene a second case management discussion. UNAT held that, regarding the question of whether UNDT failed to address the Appellant¡¯s factual arguments challenging the legality of the abolition of her post, the appeal was without merit; the Appellant only reargued her case and did not establish that UNDT erred in fact or in law about this issue. UNAT held, however, that UNDT erred in deciding that the Appellant had failed to rebut the presumption that the selection of Mr. D R-B, given that the selected...

UNAT made several findings on the appeal. First, UNAT held that UNDT did not err when it did not hold a case management or substantive hearing on the issues. UNAT agreed that the first instance Judge is in the best position to decide what is appropriate for the fair and expeditious disposal of a case and to do justice to the parties. Second, UNAT agreed with the UNDT that the administrative action was not a disguised disciplinary sanction. UNAT also found that the USG had the authority to transfer the appellant to a different unit to address a political situation. However, UNAT disagreed with...

Starting with the presumption that official acts are regularly performed, UNAT agreed that the Administration acted in accordance with the Staff Regulations and Rules when it invited three roster candidates for an informal interview and made a final selection from the roster. Given the presumption of regularity was satisfied, the burden of proof shifted on the staff member who must demonstrate that he was not given fair and adequate consideration. This, the staff member failed to do. UNAT also agreed with the UNDT that the staff member can only challenge a specific administrative decision, and...

The UNRWA DT acknowledged that the imposed disciplinary measure of separation from service without termination indemnity is one of the most severe disciplinary measures that the Agency can impose on a staff member. Nevertheless, it decided that, given the Appellant¡¯s misconduct in committing corporal punishment to a disabled and highly vulnerable child, and the Agency¡¯s clear zero-tolerance policy towards corporal punishment, the disciplinary measure imposed on the Appellant appeared to be neither absurd nor arbitrary; nor was there any evidence that the measure taken had been tainted by...

UNDT erred in deciding that Mr. Adriantseheno had been charged solely with sexual harassment, that his behavior towards Vo1 and Vo2 did not constitute sexual harassment, and that his due process rights were violated.

UNAT held that UNDT had not failed to properly exercise its jurisdiction by refusing to convene a second case management discussion. UNAT held that, regarding the question of whether UNDT failed to address the Appellant¡¯s factual arguments challenging the legality of the abolition of her post, the appeal was without merit; the Appellant only reargued her case and did not establish that UNDT erred in fact or in law about this issue. UNAT held, however, that UNDT erred in deciding that the Appellant had failed to rebut the presumption that the selection of Mr D R-B, given that the selected...

UNAT considered both appeals by the Secretary-General and by Mr Hussein Haidar. UNAT denied the request for an oral hearing. UNAT held that UNDT did not err in concluding that the facts, on which the disciplinary measure was based, had been established by clear and convincing evidence. UNAT held that UNDT correctly concluded that the established facts legally amounted to serious misconduct. UNAT held that UNDT did not commit an error in procedure such as to affect the decision of the case when considering one of the statements. UNAT found no error in UNDT¡¯s finding that the measure of...

As a preliminary matter, UNAT considered the Appellant¡¯s daughters applications for intervention which argued that they had been deprived of their right to education due to their mother¡¯s arbitrary separation from service, as their mother lost her only main source of income, including the education grant, and could not support their education. UNAT held that, pursuant to Article 3(1) of the UNDT Statute, the daughters did not fall within the categories of persons who had the standing to intervene, and denied the applications for intervention. On the merits, UNAT held that the Appellant failed...

UNAT held that UNDT did not commit any errors of law or fact in finding that the applications were not receivable ratione materiae. UNAT held that the Local Salary Survey Committee (LSSC) does not constitute a technical body and therefore does not exempt the Appellants from the mandatory first step of requesting management evaluation. UNAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed the UNDT judgment.

UNAT held that the Appellant did not demonstrate that the UNDT judgment was defective or that the UNDT erred in considering that the selected candidate met the minimum educational requirements and the work experience required for the job. Emphasizing the broad discretion of the Secretary-General and that it was not the role of UNDT to substitute its own decision for that of the Secretary-General, UNAT held that UNDT was not manifestly unreasonable in deciding that the recommendation approved by the Secretary-General was based on an entire process and the experience of the candidates. UNAT held...

As a first preliminary matter, UNAT considered a motion requesting confidentiality in which the Appellant sought to limit the disclosure of personal information relating to her citizenship and immigration status. UNAT held that the personal data was not pertinent to the case, disclosure of the information would not have taken place without the Appellant¡¯s own motions and UNAT would not have asked her to disclose such information. UNAT denied the motion. As a second preliminary matter, UNAT considered a motion to respond to the Respondent¡¯s observations on a motion. UNAT held that its RoP did...

UNAT held that UNDT did not exceed its jurisdiction by confirming that an appeal against the Order had no suspending effect and issuing a judgment on the merits while an appeal against the contested order was still pending with UNAT. UNAT held that UNDT did not err in declining to hold an additional case management discussion or to consider additional evidence as the Appellant failed to provide an adequate and convincing reason why his requests for further evidence or new case management discussion were not made earlier in the process as well as the relevancy of the evidence on the...

UNAT considered an appeal by Mr Nadeau of Order No. 184 and his request that both Order Nos. 184 and 169 be rescinded. UNAT held that he did not demonstrate that UNDT had clearly exceeded its jurisdiction or competence in rejecting his request for new documents to be introduced into evidence. UNAT noted that the issue could be raised on appeal against the final judgment on the merits. UNAT is competent to review whether certain facts remained unresolved at the UNDT level and to consider the need for factual determinations based on the whole of the relevant evidence. UNAT dismissed the appeal.

UNAT considered an appeal by Mr Gido and a cross-appeal by the Secretary-General. UNAT held that UNDT was correct to hold that Mr Gido¡¯s appointment was not terminated. UNAT held that UNDT should not have rescinded the decision placing him on SLWFP. UNAT held that UNDT had correctly held that the SLWFP decision had been rendered moot because the employment relationship had ceased and the special leave had been consumed. UNAT held that UNDT correctly rejected Mr Gido¡¯s claim for compensation as there was no direct link between the SLWFP decision and the termination indemnity. UNAT held that Mr...