UNDT/2017/023

UNDT/2017/023, El-Awar

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

Request for execution of orders on suspension of action: The Tribunal does not have jurisdiction to enforce the execution of an order for suspension of action under art. 12 of its Statute and art. 32.2 of its Rules of Procedure. The Tribunal is not authorised either to circumvent these explicit provisions by using its power under art. 36.1 of its Rules of Procedure to extend its competence beyond the limits defined by the General Assembly in the Tribunal’s Statute.

Decision Contested or Judgment Appealed

The Applicant requested execution of Order No. 59 (GVA/2017) of 28 February 2017 which suspended, pending management evaluation, the decisions to withdraw the Applicant’s delegation of authority and a number of his functions.

Legal Principle(s)

N/A

Outcome

Dismissed as not receivable

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Full Judgment

Applicants/ Appellants

El-Awar

Entity

UN-Habitat

Case Number(s)

UNDT/GVA/2017/14

Tribunal

UNDT

Registry Location :

Geneva