ST/SGB/2005/8

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The jurisdiction ratione materiae conferred on the Tribunal is set out in Article 2.1 (a) of the Statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal. The Tribunal cannot compel the Organization to investigate the Applicant’s complaints against ECA’s Senior Management as pleaded by the Applicant. An investigation is part of a disciplinary procedure as described at paragraph 2 of ST/AI/371 – Revised Disciplinary Measures and Procedures. The Applicant has recourse under the Staff Regulations and Rules to pursue his grievances in relation to his allegations of abuse of authority by ECA Management.

It results from ST/AI/2002/3 that the administration is entitled not to renew the FTA of a staff member whose performance was rated “does not meet performance expectations”, on the mere grounds of the staff member’s bad performance. It further results from ST/AI/2002/3 that in case the staff member’s performance was rated “partially meets performance expectations”, the administration is obliged to apply measures which allow the staff member to improve his/her performance, before it can decide on the non-renewal of the staff member’s FTA on the basis of bad performance. In the present case, the...