Jurisdiction / receivability (UNAT)
Interlocutory appeal
Performance management
Performance evaluation
Suspension of action / interim measures
UNAT considered the Secretary-General鈥檚 appeals against UNDT decisions ordering the suspension of the contested decisions beyond the deadline for management evaluation. UNAT clarified that, generally, only appeals against final judgments would be receivable, because otherwise, cases would seldom proceed if either party was dissatisfied with a procedural ruling. Article 2.2 of the UNDT Statute authorizes UNDT to order suspension of a contested decision only 鈥渄uring the pendency of the management evaluation鈥. UNAT found that UNDT exceeded its jurisdiction in ordering suspension of the contested...