Interlocutory or interim appeal / Appeal of UNDT order to UNAT
Manifest excess of jurisdiction
Suspension of action
Jurisdiction / receivability (UNAT)
Suspension of action / interim measures
The Secretary-General appealed, asserting that UNDT exceeded its competence in ordering suspension of the decision not to renew Mr Onana’s appointment until it determined the substantive application on its merits. UNAT noted the exclusion of the right to appeal a decision to suspend the execution of an administrative decision constitutes an exception to the general principle of the right to appeal and must therefore be narrowly interpreted; this exception only applies to jurisdictional decisions ordering the suspension of an administrative decision pending a management evaluation. UNAT...