Judgment No. 2962

• Organization: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• Date: 02.02.2011
• Original: Français
• Judges: Ba, Rouiller, Frydman
• Full judgment text (anglais) - Texte intégral du jugement

Decision

The complaint is dismissed.

Consideration 10

Extract:

"The Organization asks the Tribunal to 'delete' certain passages from the complaint, as in its view they have no bearing on this dispute. The Tribunal will not grant this request, because complainants are free to present any argument that they consider relevant to their case, provided that they do not use terms or a tone overstepping the bounds of what is permissible in judicial proceedings."

Keywords

complaint; claim; organisation; limits; condition; discontinuance; refusal

Consideration 13

Extract:

"According to firm precedent, every international civil servant may be expected to know the rules and regulations to which he is subject."

Keywords

duty to be informed; ignorance of the rules; duty to know the rules