UNDT/2020/218, Sobier
The Tribunal found that the Applicant’s right to a full and fair consideration of his candidature was not violated. It was thus held that the Applicant’s allegation that the selection process was tainted by extraneous considerations, ill-motive and bias not borne out in evidence. Accordingly, the application was dismissed.
The Applicant contested MINUSMA’s decision to not roster him following a selction exercise for generic job opening (GJO) #94302.
According to the jurisprudence of the Tribunal, in staff selection matters, the starting point is the presumption that official functions have been regularly performed. This presumption is satisfied where management minimally shows that the staff member’s candidature was given fair and adequate consideration. Once management satisfies this initial requirement, the burden shifts to the Applicant to show through clear and convincing evidence that he was not given fair and adequate consideration.