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? titre pr¨¦liminaire, l¡¯UNAT a rejet¨¦ la demande d¡¯audience de M. Qassem. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que les questions factuelles et juridiques soulev¨¦es par l'appel avaient ¨¦t¨¦ clairement d¨¦finies par les parties et qu'en outre, une audience orale ne ? contribuerait pas ¨¤ r¨¦gler l'affaire de mani¨¨re rapide et ¨¦quitable ?.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que, puisque l'engagement de dur¨¦e d¨¦termin¨¦e de M. Qassem avait ¨¦t¨¦ prolong¨¦ au-del¨¤ du 31 mars 2020, sans effet donn¨¦ ¨¤ la d¨¦cision administrative initiale de ne pas renouveler son engagement au-del¨¤ de cette date, le Tribunal n'avait pas commis d'erreur en concluant...

As a preliminary matter, the UNAT dismissed Mr. Qassem¡¯s request for an oral hearing.  The UNAT found that the factual and legal issues arising from the appeal had been clearly defined by the parties and moreover, an oral hearing would not ¡°assist in the expeditious and fair disposal of the case¡±.

The UNAT found that since Mr. Qassem¡¯s fixed-term appointment was extended beyond 31 March 2020, with no effect given to the initial administrative decision not to renew his employment beyond this date, the UNDT did not err in finding that the application was moot since the administrative decision...

The UNAT observed that neither party had raised whether AAQ¡¯s application was receivable before the UNDT. The UNAT nonetheless held that because this was a jurisdictional question, it was obliged to raise the issue itself. The UNAT noted that pursuant to Article 2(1)(a) of the UNDT Statute, the staff member was obliged to identify an administrative decision that was alleged to be in non-compliance with the terms of appointment or contract of employment. Further, pursuant to established case law, the administrative decision must have both a direct and adverse effect on the employment of the...

The UNAT held that the UNDT was correct to find that there was clearly sufficient evidence to support the Administration¡¯s conclusion that the staff member¡¯s performance only partially met expectations, and that this concern was communicated to him. Although the Rebuttal Board¡¯s confirmation of the rating, and the preparation of a second short-term performance appraisal occurred after the non-renewal was taken, the UNAT concluded that these reviews nonetheless confirmed that management¡¯s prior informal evaluation of the staff member¡¯s performance was not arbitrary but was instead well-based...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que la r¨¦paration demand¨¦e dans la requ¨ºte concernait une question qui n'avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ soulev¨¦e auparavant devant l'UNDT ou l'UNAT, ¨¤ savoir le recouvrement d'un montant d¨¦j¨¤ pay¨¦ ¨¤ titre de d¨¦pense admissible selon une ¨¦chelle mobile.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ qu'il n'y avait rien de flou ou d'ambigu dans le sens ou la port¨¦e du jugement ant¨¦rieur, les termes de l'ordonnance ¨¦tant clairs. L¡¯UNAT a not¨¦ qu¡¯il n¡¯¨¦tait pas n¨¦cessaire d¡¯interpr¨¦ter le jugement ant¨¦rieur pour en clarifier le sens, et qu¡¯il n¡¯existait pas non plus de doutes raisonnables sur ce qui constituait la d¨¦cision de...

The UNAT found that the relief sought in the application concerned an issue not previously raised before the UNDT or the UNAT, being the recovery of an amount already paid as an admissible expense on a sliding scale.

The UNAT held that there was nothing in the meaning or scope of the prior Judgment that was unclear or ambiguous, the terms of the order were clear. The UNAT noted there was no need to interpret the prior Judgment to clarify its meaning, nor were there reasonable doubts about what constituted the UNAT¡¯s decision or the reasons for it.

The UNAT was of the view that there was also...

L'UNAT a rejet¨¦ l'affirmation de M. Neupane selon laquelle l'UNDT avait commis une erreur en estimant qu'il contestait la d¨¦cision de r¨¦affectation alors qu'en fait il contestait l'absence d'habilitation du Comit¨¦ central de contr?le des missions et d'inscription sur la liste pour le poste r¨¦affect¨¦. La requ¨ºte ¨¦tait assez floue et portait principalement sur la question de la r¨¦gularit¨¦ de la d¨¦cision de r¨¦affectation qui ¨¦tait conforme ¨¤ la demande de contr?le hi¨¦rarchique de M. Neupane contestant directement et clairement sa r¨¦affectation. La question de l¡¯inscription sur la liste n¡¯a ¨¦t¨¦...

The UNAT dismissed Mr. Neupane's contention that the UNDT erred when it found that he was contesting the reassignment decision when in fact he was contesting the lack of his Field Central Review Board clearance and roster membership for the reassigned post. The application was quite unclear, and focused mainly on the question of regularity of the reassignment decision which was in line with Mr. Neupane¡¯s request for management evaluation challenging directly and clearly his reassignment. The issue of rostering was raised only as an argument to prove the alleged procedural irregularity of Mr...

M. Nastase a fait appel du jugement du Tribunal.

Le TANU a confirm¨¦ la conclusion du TDNU selon laquelle il n'avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ ¨¦tabli par des preuves que la d¨¦cision administrative de classer sa plainte ¨¦tait motiv¨¦e par un parti pris ¨¤ son encontre et ¨¦tait donc ill¨¦gale.

L'UNAT a rejet¨¦ l'affirmation de M. Nastase selon laquelle le Tribunal avait commis une erreur en concluant que le fait qu'en 2019, M. Nastase avait d¨¦pos¨¦ une plainte contre le CIOS pour mauvaise conduite n'avait aucun rapport avec ses probl¨¨mes de performance. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que ces ¨¦v¨¦nements ne faisant pas partie de sa...

Mr. Nastase appealed the UNDT Judgment.

The UNAT affirmed the UNDT's finding that it had not been established by evidence that the administrative decision to close his complaint was actuated by bias against him and was therefore unlawful. 

The UNAT dismissed Mr. Nastase's contention that the UNDT erred in finding that the fact that in 2019, Mr. Nastase had filed a complaint against the CIOS alleging misconduct was unrelated to his performance issues. The UNAT found that because these events were not part of his complaint of harassment and abuse of authority in relation to his performance...

Mme Larriera a interjet¨¦ appel.

L'UNAT a d'abord examin¨¦ si Mme Larriera avait le droit de d¨¦poser une r¨¦clamation au titre de l'Annexe D.  L'UNAT a conclu que - contrairement ¨¤ l'affaire des pensions - aux fins du Statut et du R¨¨glement du personnel, la loi du Br¨¦sil, l'?tat national de M. M, devait ¨ºtre la loi d¨¦terminant sa situation matrimoniale ou de partenariat domestique ¨¤ la date de son d¨¦c¨¨s aux fins de l'annexe D. Ce statut, tel que d¨¦termin¨¦ ult¨¦rieurement par un tribunal br¨¦silien comp¨¦tent, ¨¦tait que M. M et Mme Larriera ¨¦taient, ¨¤ la date de son d¨¦c¨¨s (et malgr¨¦ son mariage...

Ms. Larriera filed an appeal.  

UNAT first examined whether Ms. Larriera was entitled to file a claim under Appendix D.  UNAT found that ¨C unlike the Pension case - for the purpose of the Staff Regulations and Rules, the law of Brazil, Mr. M¡¯s national state, was to be the law determining his marital or domestic partnership status as at the date of his death for Appendix D purposes. That status, as determined subsequently by a Brazilian court of competent jurisdiction, was that Mr. M and Ms. Larriera were, as at the date of his death (and despite his still extant French marriage to Ms. M) in...

L'UNAT a examin¨¦ les arguments du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral selon lesquels Mme Lekoetje avait d¨¦j¨¤ rembours¨¦ les sommes dues ¨¤ l'Organisation lorsqu'elle a quitt¨¦ ses fonctions. L¡¯UNAT a reconnu que Mme Lekoetje partageait la position du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral et a confirm¨¦ que 20 987,91 dollars avaient d¨¦j¨¤ ¨¦t¨¦ d¨¦duits de ses droits finaux.

En cons¨¦quence, l¡¯UNAT a accept¨¦ cette position et a interpr¨¦t¨¦ le jugement n¡ã 2022-UNAT-1227 comme exigeant le paiement par l¡¯Organisation ¨¤ Mme Lekoetje d¡¯une somme ¨¦gale ¨¤ un an de salaire de base net, mais sans aucune autre d¨¦duction.

The UNAT reviewed the submission of the Secretary-General that Ms. Lekoetje had already repaid the amounts due to the Organization when she separated from service.  The UNAT acknowledged that Ms. Lekoetje agreed with the Secretary-General¡¯s position, and confirmed that USD 20,987.91 had already been deducted from her final entitlements. 

Accordingly, the UNAT accepted this position, and interpreted Judgment No. 2022-UNAT-1227 as requiring a payment by the Organization to Ms. Lekoetje of a sum equal to one year¡¯s net base salary, but without any further deductions.

Le fait d¨¦cisif invoqu¨¦ par le Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral pour justifier une r¨¦vision du jugement de l'UNAT serait que M. Russo-Got a ins¨¦r¨¦ de fausses informations dans sa candidature concernant sa pr¨¦tendue exp¨¦rience avec l'OTAN. Le Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral affirme qu'il a pris officiellement connaissance de ce fait pour la premi¨¨re fois lorsqu'il a ¨¦t¨¦ port¨¦ ¨¤ la connaissance de l'UNOPS apr¨¨s le prononc¨¦ du jugement de l'UNAT.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que les faits avanc¨¦s par le Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral, ¨¤ savoir les informations pr¨¦tendument fausses que M. Russo-Got avait ins¨¦r¨¦es dans sa candidature, ne pouvaient...

The decisive fact relied on by the Secretary-General to justify a revision of the UNAT judgment  is said to be that Mr. Russo-Got inserted false information in his candidature regarding his alleged experience with NATO. The Secretary-General submits that he first became aware of this fact formally when it was made known to UNOPS after the issuance of the UNAT judgment.

UNAT held that the facts advanced by the Secretary-General, namely the allegedly false information Mr. Russo-Got had inserted in his candidature, could not be decisive of the Secretary-General¡¯s case and enable him to now...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que dans cette affaire, la Commission paritaire de recours n¡¯avait pas rendu une d¨¦cision, mais plut?t une recommandation au Greffier du TIDM, qui, ¨¤ son tour, pr¨¦tendait prendre la d¨¦cision concernant l¡¯appel de M. Savadogo. Le TANU a reconnu que le TIDM a modifi¨¦ et consolid¨¦ le Statut et le R¨¨glement du personnel pertinents de sorte que la Commission paritaire de recours prend d¨¦sormais des d¨¦cisions (dont les recours peuvent ¨ºtre interjet¨¦s devant le TANU) plut?t que, comme cela s'est produit dans cette affaire, des recommandations au Greffier du TIDM, que le registraire...

The UNAT noted that in this case, the JAB made not a decision, but rather a recommendation to the Registrar of the ITLOS, who in turn, purported to make the decision about Mr. Savadogo¡¯s appeal. The UNAT recognized that the ITLOS changed and consolidated the relevant Staff Regulations and Rules so that the JAB now makes decisions (from which appeals may be brought to the UNAT) rather than, as occurred in this case, recommendations to the Registrar of the ITLOS, which the Registrar may or may not accept. However, this amendment came too late for the parties in this case.  Thus, the original...

Le TANU s¡¯est d¨¦clar¨¦ convaincu que l¡¯ex¨¦cution du jugement du Tribunal (comme l¡¯a affirm¨¦ le TANU) avait eu lieu dans le cas de M. Ozturk. L'administration s'est conform¨¦e au jugement de l'UNAT et a exerc¨¦ son pouvoir discr¨¦tionnaire pour d¨¦terminer un nouveau montant r¨¦vis¨¦ ¨¤ d¨¦duire du salaire de M. Ozturk pour la pension alimentaire pour enfants, sur la base des d¨¦cisions des tribunaux nationaux.

L'UNAT a observ¨¦ que M. Ozturk semblait seulement en d¨¦saccord avec le ? calcul du remboursement ? effectu¨¦ par l'Administration pour les trop-pay¨¦s ant¨¦rieurs. Toutefois, le TANU a not¨¦ que l...

Le TANU a souscrit ¨¤ la d¨¦cision du Tribunal des Nations Unies selon laquelle la d¨¦cision de publier un communiqu¨¦ de presse en r¨¦ponse aux all¨¦gations selon lesquelles le HCDH aurait mis en danger la vie des d¨¦fenseurs chinois des droits de l'homme qui ont assist¨¦ au Conseil des droits de l'homme ¨¤ Gen¨¨ve en mars 2013 relevait du pouvoir discr¨¦tionnaire de l'Organisation et constituait une d¨¦cision de gestion. pr¨¦rogative. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que la partie sp¨¦cifique du texte qui concernait la question de la communication des noms de militants chinois des droits de l'homme au gouvernement chinois...