Disciplinary matters / misconduct
Disciplinary measure or sanction
Dismissal/separation
Fraud, misrepresentation and false certification
Proportionality of sanction
Termination (of appointment)
Summary dismissal
UNAT held that the summary dismissal decision was unlawful because the due process rights under IMO’s Staff Regulations and Staff Rules were substantially violated. The Appellant had been charged with misconduct in the form of fraudulent activities undertaken to gain diplomatic accreditation, namely giving instructions to append an electronic signature to an official IMO communication without authorization or instruction by that colleague and misrepresenting his contractual status as internationally recruited in that communication. Noting that the Secretary-General of IMO considered the...