UNDT/2015/014

UNDT/2015/014, Demirjian

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

Receivability - The Application was found to be receivable. The final decision taken on the placement of the reprimand in the Applicant’s personnel file was on 25 February 2014 when her attempts to have her comments taken into consideration were finally exhausted. The course of action embarked on by the Applicant to have the matter resolved informally before resorting to the formal process was justifiable in the circumstances given the requirements of ST/AI/292.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

The Applicant is the Director, Political Affairs and Mediation in the Department of Peacekeeping Operation and is based in Mogadishu, Somalia. In her Application filed on 6 May 2014, she contests the decision to place a reprimand in her personnel file. The events giving rise to the reprimand occurred when the Applicant served as a Democratic Governance Practice Leader, Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (RBEC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Legal Principle(s)

N/A

Outcome

Judgment entered for Applicant in full or in part

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

Demirjian

Entity

UNDP

Case Number(s)

UNDT/NBI/2014/034

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

Nairobi