Judgment 1702
84th Session, 1998
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"Neither of the parties informed the Tribunal of the FAO's decision of 19 June 1995 to recognise the complainant's illness as service-incurred." Having been accordingly unaware of that fact when it delivered Judgment 1486 on 1 February 1996, the Tribunal "regards that failure as a breach of the courtesy which the parties owed it."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1486
Keywords:
application for execution; case pending; decision; duty to inform; judgment of the tribunal; procedure before the tribunal; tribunal;
Judgment 1523
81st Session, 1996
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
"Although the Tribunal will make no award of damages for the delay in sending the case back, the complainant is entitled to costs because he had to come to the Tribunal to apply for execution."
Keywords:
application for execution; costs; judgment of the tribunal;
Judgment 1522
81st Session, 1996
World Intellectual Property Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 8
Extract:
The organization has "discharged its duty to take an express decision duly giving its reasons for not reinstating him. Its decision [not to reinstate him] takes seriatim all the posts he might have been appointed to. It explains the reasons of fact or law why it came to the view that his training, experience or grasp of languages or the need for special skills disqualified him for some posts. The reasons why he was not appointed to others had to do with the budget, some posts being 'frozen'. Or else the reasons were administrative: for example the Appointment and Promotion Board was not in favour, or the organization gave priority to a permanent employee."
Keywords:
advisory opinion; application for execution; budgetary reasons; due process; duration of appointment; duty to substantiate decision; judgment of the tribunal; judicial review; knowledge of languages; organisation's duties; permanent appointment; priority; professional experience; promotion board; qualifications; refusal; reinstatement; selection board; training;
Judgment 1514
81st Session, 1996
European Organization for Nuclear Research
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 4
Extract:
In the light of Judgment 1368 "what [CERN] had to do was not just take new decisions untainted with the flaw the Tribunal had found but apply all the other material, procedural and substantive rules, which, having set aside the impugned decisions on the grounds of that flaw alone, the Tribunal had had no need to comment on. So any objections to the lawfulness of the decisions taken in compliance with the duty [set by the Tribunal] have a bearing on the execution of the judgment. And, as is plain from the case law - see, for example Judgments 732 [...] and 1328 [...] - the complainants did not have to go through the internal appeal procedure before coming back to the Tribunal."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 732, 1328, 1368
Keywords:
application for execution; case law; due process; exception; execution of judgment; internal remedies exhausted; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties;
Judgment 1427
79th Session, 1995
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 9
Extract:
The Organization did not execute the judgment ordering it to reinstate the complainant as promptly as it should have. It caused him "needless uncertaintyby requiring him to apply for vacancies and by ignoring his request for reinstatement in the vacant post of storekeeper [which he formerly held]. It thus virtually compelled him to come back to the Tribunal".
Keywords:
application for execution; execution of judgment; judgment of the tribunal; moral injury; organisation's duties; reinstatement; vacancy;
Consideration 10
Extract:
The complainant is entitled to "moral damages for the injury due to the thwarting of his legitimate expectation of prompt and correct execution of the Tribunal's judgment."
Keywords:
administrative delay; application for execution; execution of judgment; judgment of the tribunal; legitimate expectation; moral injury; organisation's duties;
Judgment 1410
78th Session, 1995
Pan American Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 6
Extract:
See Judgment 1409, consideration 7.
Keywords:
application for execution; application for review; organisation; reply;
Judgment 1409
78th Session, 1995
Pan American Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
"In the context of its reply to the complainants' application for execution the organization makes its own application for review of the judgment. Its application is refused. It should properly have filed a separate application, not sought review in the context of its reply."
Keywords:
application for execution; application for review;
Judgment 1365
77th Session, 1994
World Tourism Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 8
Extract:
The organization submits that there was no point in resuming the process of appointment as ordered in Judgment 1272. "But there the organization shows misunderstanding about the effect of a judgment. The quashing of [Mr. X's] appointment [...] being res judicata, it had a duty under the judgment to resume the process from the date of the unlawful appointment, regardless of the new situation arising from the expiry of [Mr. X's] appointment and his assignment to [another] post [...]. The complainants are therefore right in contending that the organization was at fault in refusing to carry out the process properly."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1272
Keywords:
application for execution; breach; consequence; execution of judgment; flaw; judgment of the tribunal; material damages; organisation's duties; procedure before the tribunal; res judicata;
Consideration 9
Extract:
The complainants seek the quashing of a decision in which the WTO refused to resume the appointment process as ordered in Judgment 1272. "Yet any satisfaction that the complainants might derive from resumption of the procedure would be merely formal [so] the Tribunal exercises the option that Article VIII of its Statute allows of not setting aside the [impugned] decisions."
Reference(s)
ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VIII OF THE STATUTE
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1272
Keywords:
application for execution; breach; consequence; damages; execution of judgment; flaw; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; procedure before the tribunal; res judicata;
Judgment 1362
77th Session, 1994
World Intellectual Property Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 10
Extract:
"[T]he Tribunal must rule yet again on WIPO's refusal to discharge the obligation to decide on reinstatement. As it has stated more than once, its judgments are to be given immediate effect. In the regrettable event that the Organization continues to disregard that rule and fails to act within 30 days of the date of delivery of this judgment, it must pay the complainant 10,000 swiss francs by way of penalty for each further month of delay."
Keywords:
amount; application for execution; continuing breach; decision; delay; execution of judgment; general principle; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; penalty for delay; refusal; reinstatement; res judicata; time limit;
Consideration 6
Extract:
"[S]ince the dispute arose out of the decision not to renew [the complainant's] two-year appointment, the organization is right as a matter of principle to refuse his claim to damages for loss of a full career. The two consecutive awards of one year's salary afford sufficient redress to someone who had a rightful expectation of renewal for no more than two years. His claims under this head fail."
Keywords:
amount; application for execution; career; compensation; contract; fixed-term; injury; legitimate expectation; non-renewal of contract;
Consideration 9
Extract:
"The constant thrust of the three earlier judgments was to secure from the organization [...] discharge of its obligation to communicate to [the complainant] a proper decision. He might then impugn that decision if it was not to his liking, and the Tribunal might if need be review the reasons for it, which is something it has not yet been able to do. The complainant is entitled to such decision as a matter of course, without having to ask for it and without delay. That obligation WIPO has stubbornly ignored, it is in breach of the rule of law in the international civil service, and that is not to be brooked."
Keywords:
application for execution; continuing breach; execution of judgment; express decision; international civil service principles; judgment of the tribunal; judicial review; organisation's duties; right of appeal;
Judgment 1361
77th Session, 1994
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 7
Extract:
"The Tribunal reaffirms that its rulings have the force of res judicata and are binding on the organisations that have recognised its jurisdiction. Any organisation that offends against that rudimentary principle by refusing to give effect to judgments it does not care for is disregarding the rights of staff and its own interests and is acting in breach of the obligations that it has assumed by recognising the Tribunal's jurisdiction."
Keywords:
acceptance; application for execution; competence of tribunal; continuing breach; execution of judgment; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; organisation's interest; res judicata; staff member's interest;
Judgment 1338
77th Session, 1994
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Considerations 11-12
Extract:
"An organisation must, where a specific sum has been awarded [by the Tribunal], pay compensation if it takes more than one month to pay after the judgment was notified, save that if, as in Judgment 1219, the Tribunal does not put a figure on the amount due, the need to work out the figure warrants allowing additional time. In this instance [...] apart from alleging the need for consultations the Organization has offered no explanation for the delay in payment. The Tribunal therefore awards the complainant payment of interest".
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1219
Keywords:
administrative delay; amount; application for execution; delay; execution of judgment; formal demand for payment; interest on damages; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; payment; penalty for delay; res judicata; time limit;
Consideration 10
Extract:
"Although Judgment 1133 declared [the complainant's] dismissal null and void it did not order reinstatement." The WHO exercised the "option of paying him financial compensation: that was in lieu of reinstatement".
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1133, 1219
Keywords:
application for execution; compensation; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; reinstatement; subsidiary;
Consideration 11
Extract:
"An international organisation which has recognised the Tribunal's jurisdiction is bound, not merely to refrain from acting in disregard of a judgment, but to take whatever action the judgment may require."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1219
Keywords:
application for execution; consequence; execution of judgment; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; res judicata;
Judgment 1328
76th Session, 1994
World Intellectual Property Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 10
Extract:
"A dispute of the kind Article II [of the Tribunal's Statute] refers to is not resolved until the Tribunal's judgment has been duly executed. So its competence is not exhausted when it passes judgment. Pending full execution the dispute remains unresolved and the Tribunal remains competent to rule on any issues that execution may raise."
Reference(s)
ILOAT reference: ARTICLE II OF THE STATUTE
Keywords:
application for execution; competence of tribunal; execution of judgment; iloat statute; judgment of the tribunal;
Consideration 11
Extract:
"The Tribunal's rulings carry the authority of res judicata, save that in accordance with Article XII(1) of its Statute and the Annex thereto their validity may be challenged on referral by an organisation that has recognised its jurisdiction to the International Court of Justice on the grounds of lack of competence or a fundamental fault in the procedure followed."
Reference(s)
ILOAT reference: ARTICLE XII(1) OF THE STATUTE
Keywords:
advisory opinion of icj; application for execution; competence of tribunal; flaw; icj; iloat statute; judgment of the tribunal; procedure before the tribunal; res judicata;
Consideration 12
Extract:
As the International Court of Justice has held, "that rulings by international administrative tribunals are binding in particular where they make awards against organisations is the corollary of their judicial authority." (Advisory opinions of 13 July 1954 and 23 October 1956.) "In Judgment 553 [...] the Tribunal explained the nature of the obligation that its rulings lay on an organisation".
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 553
Keywords:
advisory opinion of icj; application for execution; compensation; execution of judgment; icj; judgment of the tribunal; organisation's duties; payment; res judicata; tribunal;
Consideration 13
Extract:
"The possibility of cancellation of WIPO's recognition of the Tribunal's jurisdiction calls for no comment save that making an international organisation's decisions subject to judicial review affords a basic safeguard both of its own interests and of staff rights."
Keywords:
application for execution; competence of tribunal; declaration of recognition; judicial review; organisation's interest; right of appeal; safeguard; staff member's interest;
Consideration 17
Extract:
Vide Judgment 732, consideration 2.
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 732
Keywords:
application for execution; case law; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;
Consideration 19
Extract:
"As for [WIPO's] failure to take the 'new decision' ordered in point 2 [of the operative part of the judgment whose application is sought], it is in breach of good faith in forcing the complainant to the point of appealing against a refusal he has to infer from its own silence. Under point 2 it is required to give him an express and properly substantiated decision on the matter of reinstatement".
Keywords:
application for execution; duty to substantiate decision; express decision; good faith; implied decision; organisation's duties; reinstatement;
Judgment 1313
76th Session, 1994
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 6
Extract:
In an earlier judgment the Tribunal ordered the WHO to reinstate the complainant or, failing that, to pay him compensation. The WHO paid him the compensation after stating in a letter to him that it was unable to reinstate him. "The letter [...] does not say why reinstating him proved impossible. It is mere notification, not an explanation [...] its decision not to reinstate him therefore cannot stand."
Keywords:
application for execution; duty to substantiate decision; material damages; refusal; reinstatement; subsidiary;
Judgment 1242
74th Session, 1993
World Intellectual Property Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Considerations 4-5
Extract:
The complainant submits that the organization did not do its utmost to reinstate him in execution of Judgment 1154. WIPO's letter "does not substantiate the contention that it had. it simply conveys the Director General's decision 'not to extend [the complainant]'s appointment'. It says nothing of any attempts to find him a suitable position and thereby discharge its primary obligation under Judgment 1154. [...] The Director General had the duty to justify his decision by explaining why it was impossible to reinstate the complainant [...] only in its reply to this complaint does the organization maintain that 'there was no possibility of reinstating the complainant since there was no suitable post to which he could be appointed given his qualifications'."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 1154
Keywords:
application for execution; duty to substantiate decision; good faith; judgment of the tribunal; organisation; organisation's duties; refusal; reinstatement; reply; res judicata; submissions; tribunal;
Judgment 1220
74th Session, 1993
World Health Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 4
Extract:
The complainant is challenging a decision whereby another official, he alleges, was wrongfully granted or allowed to keep financial and other benefits. The complainant was no longer in the WHO's employ when the impugned decision was taken. "As the Tribunal held in Judgment 732 [...], a complaint 'would succeed only if the complainant had suffered injury and established a sufficient causal link between the organization's act and the injury'; and again, in Judgment 764 [...] 'a decision by an international organisation is challengeable before the Tribunal only if it causes the complainant injury'. the complainant having suffered no injury and being therefore unable to show any cause of action, his application is irreceivable and must fail."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 732, 764
Keywords:
application for execution; case law; cause; cause of action; complaint; injury; lack of injury; receivability of the complaint; status of complainant;
Judgment 1168
73rd Session, 1992
International Atomic Energy Agency
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"In his original complaint the applicant stated his claim in dollars and he was accordingly awarded and paid the amount in that currency. If there was any risk of loss due to fluctuations in the rate of exchange, he ought to have raised the issue in the context of his original complaint. [...] Since he chose to state his claim in dollars and succeeded, the matter is res judicata and he may not have it reconsidered. There is no merit in his plea that 'lack of experience' explains why he did not think of the effect of changing rates of exchange: ignorantia juris haud excusat."
Keywords:
application for execution; currency of payment; duty to be informed; duty to know the rules; exchange rate; execution of judgment; ignorance of the rules; res judicata;
Judgment 1043
69th Session, 1990
Universal Postal Union
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Summary
Extract:
The complainant submitted an application for execution of Judgment 922 that set aside the decision to dismiss him. The UPU subsequently notified the Tribunal that it had reversed the decision and would offer the complainant compensation. The Tribunal took note of the Union's undertaking and awarded him 10,000 Swiss francs in damages for all the forms of injury he sustained and 1,000 francs towards costs.
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 922
Keywords:
application for execution; case pending; cause of action; costs; injury; material damages; moral injury; no cause of action; settlement out of court;
Judgment 921
65th Session, 1988
Universal Postal Union
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 3
Extract:
"The text of the operative part [of Judgment 868] is clear and calls for no explanation or interpretation. Should the parties fail to agree on how to give effect to the Tribunal's ruling, the complainant may, once the internal means of redress have been exhausted as required by Article VII of the Statute, seek from the Tribunal a further ruling on any decision or decisions the competent administration may have taken in execution of the judgment."
Reference(s)
ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII OF THE STATUTE
ILOAT Judgment(s): 868
Keywords:
application for execution; application for interpretation;
Judgment 732
58th Session, 1986
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 2
Extract:
"This complaint is not about execution as such but about the allegedly harmful consequences of the way in which the FAO executed Judgment 620. That is not a matter that is ordinarily connected with execution and it is therefore one that must go through the internal appeal procedure before it can come to the Tribunal."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 297, 620
Keywords:
application for execution; complaint; consequence; execution of judgment; injury; internal remedies exhausted; judgment of the tribunal; new claim; receivability of the complaint;
Judgment 706
57th Session, 1985
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Extracts: EN,
FR
Full Judgment Text: EN,
FR
Consideration 10
Extract:
"The complainant is also entitled to interest at 10 per cent a year on the sums due under this judgment from 3 May 1984, the date on which he asked UNESCO to execute Judgment 607 and from which there was a demand to pay."
Reference(s)
ILOAT Judgment(s): 607
Keywords:
amount; application for execution; date; execution of judgment; formal demand for payment; interest on damages; judgment of the tribunal; payment; penalty for delay;
