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  • Judgment 1433


    79th Session, 1995
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 6

    Extract:

    "The complainant was kept waiting over sixteen months [...] for an answer to his request [...] and fifteen months for the [organisation] to file its reply [...] to his appeal [...] and so let the internal appeal procedure go ahead. The Tribunal holds that since he took all the steps he could take to obtain a final decision and since the [organisation] failed to discharge promptly its obligations under the internal procedure he was justified in coming to the Tribunal. That is in keeping with what the Tribunal ruled in, for example, Judgment 1243 [...]."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT Judgment(s): 1243

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; administrative delay; case law; complaint; date; direct appeal to tribunal; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; organisation's duties; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint; reply;



  • Judgment 1344


    77th Session, 1994
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 11

    Extract:

    "It is true that Article VII(1) of the Statute provides that a complaint will not be receivable unless the complainant has exhausted such other means of resisting the decision as are open to him under the applicable Staff Regulations. But it is plain from the case law that the Tribunal construes that article to mean that when a complainant has done all that is required of him to get a final decision, yet the proceedings appear unlikely to be concluded within a reasonable time, he may appeal directly to the Tribunal".

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII(1) OF THE STATUTE
    ILOAT Judgment(s): 451, 499

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; administrative delay; case law; complaint; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; iloat statute; implied decision; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint; staff regulations and rules;



  • Judgment 1221


    74th Session, 1993
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    "It is plain on the evidence that the bureau of personnel told the complainant that the Director-General would be willing to waive the Appeals Board's jurisdiction [under UNESCO Staff Rule 111.2(b)] if she so wished, that she expressly agreed to the suggestion, and that she formally sought and was granted waiver by the Director-General." So the complainant appealed directly to the Tribunal "in full freedom".

    Reference(s)

    Organization rules reference: UNESCO STAFF RULE 111.2(B)

    Keywords:

    complainant; complaint; direct appeal to tribunal; internal remedies exhausted; lack of consent; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 1001


    68th Session, 1990
    United Nations Industrial Development Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    "The parties agreed to dispense with prior referral to the Joint Appeals Board and to put the dispute directly to the Tribunal, as Rule 112.03 of UNIDO's Staff Rules allows." Because of that provision in the Organization's Rules, the requirement set out in Article VII of the Tribunal's Statute is met.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII(1) OF THE STATUTE
    Organization rules reference: RULE 112.03 OF THE UNIDO STAFF RULES

    Keywords:

    acceptance; direct appeal to tribunal; enforcement; exception; executive head; receivability of the complaint; staff regulations and rules;



  • Judgment 1000


    68th Session, 1990
    International Atomic Energy Agency
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    "The parties agreed to dispense with prior referral to the Joint Appeals Committee and to put the dispute directly to the Tribunal, as Rule 12.02.1(b) of the Agency's Provisional Staff Rules allows." Because of that provision in the Agency's Rules, the requirement set out in Article VII of the Tribunal's Statute is met.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII(1) OF THE STATUTE
    Organization rules reference: RULE 12.02.1(B) OF THE IAEA PROVISIONAL STAFF RULES

    Keywords:

    acceptance; direct appeal to tribunal; enforcement; exception; executive head; receivability of the complaint; staff regulations and rules;



  • Judgment 873


    63rd Session, 1987
    Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    "What the complainant challenges is a final decision against which he had no internal means of redress within the meaning of Article VII[1] of the Statute of the Tribunal, and he respected the time limit in VII[2]. His complaint is therefore receivable."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    decision; direct appeal to tribunal; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; no provision; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 738


    58th Session, 1986
    European Molecular Biology Laboratory
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Summary

    Extract:

    At the end of a correspondence with the office of the Director-General, the complainant wrote that he would assume that no appeal lay against the Director-General's decision, unless the organisation informed him that this was not the case. The Tribunal holds that as the holder of a Ph.D. in law and head of finance and legal affairs, the complainant should know that the Director-General has no power to absolve an official from his obligation to exhaust the means of redress open to him.

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 587


    51st Session, 1983
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    "It is quite plain that the proper procedure was not followed. The Director-General's failure to reply within a month of receiving the protest implied rejection of it, but instead of appealing to the Board the complainant, directly and without the Director-General's agreement, appealed to the Tribunal. [...] This obvious disregard of his obligation to exhaust the internal means of redress provided in the Statutes [...] makes the complaint irreceivable by virtue of Article VII of the Tribunal's Statute."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    complaint; direct appeal to tribunal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 567


    51st Session, 1983
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    The complainants committed an error of judgment in thinking that the Tribunal would allow their complaints and that there was therefore no purpose in continuing with the internal proceedings. But that error was "not the same thing as lack of consent such as will render the withdrawal null and void. The basis in law of relations between organisation and staff must be stable. The complainants are liable for the course of action and the decisions they take. [...] They must be held responsible for their own actions and bear the consequences."

    Keywords:

    complainant; direct appeal to tribunal; internal remedies exhausted; lack of consent; negligence; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 565


    51st Session, 1983
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5(A)

    Extract:

    According to the Staff Regulations, decisions taken by the Director-General himself are not subject to the complaint procedure. "The performance report referred to in [the complainant's claim] was approved by the Director-General and so he accepted responsibility for it. The complainant was therefore entitled to take the view that he need not address a complaint to the Director-General before submitting [his claim] to the Tribunal. [...] Article VII(1) of the Statute constitutes no bar to a complainant who [...] rightly concluded that he was not required to follow one of the internal appeal procedures."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; executive head; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; performance report; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 544


    50th Session, 1983
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    An article of the Staff Rules "provides that there shall be no internal appeal against any decision not to renew a contract. There may therefore be a direct appeal to the Tribunal against such a decision, without any breach of the Statute, and whether the internal means of redress were exhausted is not a material issue in this case."

    Keywords:

    contract; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; fixed-term; internal remedies exhausted; non-renewal of contract; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 533


    49th Session, 1982
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    "Before coming to the Tribunal again the complainant should await the Appeals Committee's report and the President's final decision. But he need not wait indefinitely. He may appeal directly to the Tribunal if one of two conditions is fulfilled: if the appeals body fails to report and there are grounds for believing that it will not do so within a reasonable lapse of time; or else if the President fails to take a final decision within sixty days of receiving the Appeals Body's report."

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time;



  • Judgment 532


    49th Session, 1982
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    Vide Judgment 533, consideration 5.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT Judgment(s): 533

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time;



  • Judgment 522


    49th Session, 1982
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 19

    Extract:

    For the jurisdiction of the Appeals Board to be waived, Staff Rules require the Director-General's consent, and no time limit is prescribed for his decision. "The just solution may be that, provided that the complainant is not dilatory in applying for the consent of the Director-General, time does not begin to run until after the Director-General has communicated his decision."

    Keywords:

    date of notification; decision; direct appeal to tribunal; request by a party; start of time limit;



  • Judgment 499


    48th Session, 1982
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations

    Extract:

    In May the complainant made known his intention to appeal against the transfer. The Director-General replied that he was willing to refer the matter to the Joint Committee. In August the administration said the Director-General, who was absent, had received a recommendation to that effect. In September it told the complainant that the matter would be put to the Committee. "These shifting attitudes, which in the end came to nothing and spanned four months, constitute exceptional circumstances and warranted a direct complaint to the Tribunal."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 496


    48th Session, 1982
    Pan American Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 4

    Extract:

    The complainants appealed to the internal board and then, without awaiting the outcome of the proceedings, to the Tribunal. By applying directly to the Tribunal "the complainants [...] obviously had no intention of abandoning their appeal; their wish was to expedite the hearing. As a matter of procedure they made a mistake in asking for the case to be withdrawn, but the situation was unprecedented and it was one to which the inactivity of the organization had contributed. A procedural error should not in this instance be held against the complainants."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; direct appeal to tribunal; flaw; internal remedies exhausted; procedural flaw; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 458


    46th Session, 1981
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations 3-4

    Extract:

    The complainant sought the Director-General's approval, required under the material provisions, for him to to appeal directly to the Tribunal. Having received no reply within the time limit he had given, the complainant considered that the organization's silence was to be taken as consent. But the Director-General was not bound to answer the complainant by the deadline he had arbitrarily set. Furthermore, he did not ask for the Director-General's agreement until after the expiry of the time limit for addressing an appeal: he should therefore have expected a refusal. The complaint is clearly irreceivable.

    Keywords:

    acceptance; direct appeal to tribunal; executive head; failure to answer claim; provision; request by a party; staff regulations and rules; time limit;



  • Judgment 456


    46th Session, 1981
    World Tourism Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    The purpose of Article VII, paragraph 3, of the Statute of the Tribunal is two-fold: a) to enable an official to defend his interests by going to the Tribunal when the administration has failed to take a decision; b) to prevent a dispute from dragging on indefinitely and from coming before the Tribunal at a time when the material facts have altered or can no longer be determined with certainty.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 3, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; failure to answer claim; iloat statute; provision; purpose;



  • Judgment 421


    45th Session, 1980
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Facts (D)

    Extract:

    "the [organisation] observes that the complainant filed his complaint before the 60 days specified in article vii, paragraph 3, of the statute of the tribunal had expired. since, however, the 60 days have now elapsed and he has not yet had a decision taken on his claim, the [organisation] will not contest the receivability of his complaint."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE ILOAT STATUTE

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; failure to answer claim; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint; time limit;



  • Judgment 408


    44th Session, 1980
    Pan American Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    "Although the organization's attitude was open to reproach, the complainants were not on that account entitled to forgo a decision from the [Appeals] Board. The organization may have been remiss, but the Board was still able to hear the appeal. If it could not get a prompt response to its requests for [disclosure], its function was to decide on the evidence which it did have and, if it saw fit, to decide against the organization in the matters under dispute. In short, there were no valid grounds for divesting it of an appeal which it was in no way prevented from hearing."

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; internal appeals body; internal remedies exhausted;

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    A complainant may appeal directly to the Tribunal "provided the appeals body cannot or will not give a decision within a reasonable period. That it cannot or will not do so must, however, be quite clear from the circumstances. Only by way of exception will the Tribunal allow that the condition is met."

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; internal appeals body; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint;

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