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The UNAT observed that Mr. Ponce-Gonzalez was attempting to persuade the Appeals Tribunal that an official who claimed to have delegated authority to make hiring decisions did not in fact have such authority. Mr. Ponce-Gonzalez claimed to have new documents in support of his argument.

The UNAT held that the new facts discovered did not meet the statutory requirement for decisiveness on the outcome of the earlier appeal and hence the application for revision did not satisfy the strict statutory test under Article 11(1) of the UNAT Statute, and was denied.

The UNAT observed that the UNDT did not err in denying the staff member¡¯s request for an oral hearing as the case record was ¡°comprehensive¡± and there was ¡°no irreconcilable dispute of facts between the parties.¡±

The UNAT held that the staff member¡¯s placement on ALWP was justified, given that the staff member was provided with the names of the members of the fact-finding panel assigned to investigate her alleged misconduct, and that she was in a position to approve the consultancy contract of one of those members, which created a conflict of interest and a genuine risk of interference in the...

The UNAT held that the staff member knew all the relevant facts and was sufficiently made aware and properly notified of the contested decision by at least 18 May 2023 for the purpose of filing a timely request for management evaluation. However, the staff member did not file his request for management evaluation until 16 September 2023, which was beyond the 60 day time limit.

The UNAT observed that the subject line of the e-mail exchanges in August 2023 between the Administration and the staff member, were requests ¡°to clarify¡± the basis of an administrative decision that had been taken...

The UNAT held that the UNDT had erred by failing to grant the remedy under Article 10(5)(a) of the UNDT Statute after it had found that the disciplinary decision was unlawful. The UNDT erred by refusing to rescind the contested decision on the grounds that the staff member had abused the judicial process. The UNAT remanded the case to the UNDT for determination of the appropriate remedy.

The UNAT agreed with the UNDT that the former staff member had manifestly abused the judicial process by filing forged documents before that Tribunal. However, the UNAT held that the UNDT had erred in the...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le DT de l'UNRWA avait correctement ¨¦valu¨¦ l'application par l'Agence des exigences en mati¨¨re d'exp¨¦rience applicables aux requ¨¦rants. Plus pr¨¦cis¨¦ment, en ce qui concerne les enseignants contestant leur classement au grade 9, l'UNAT a souscrit ¨¤ l'examen par le DT de l'UNRWA de la description du poste de personnel r¨¦gional, qui exigeait cinq ans d'exp¨¦rience dans l'enseignement au grade 9 pour ¨ºtre class¨¦ au grade 10. Les requ¨¦rants class¨¦s au grade 9 ne remplissant pas cette condition, l'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le DT de l'UNRWA avait correctement conclu qu'ils ¨¦taient class¨¦s...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait agi correctement en proc¨¦dant ¨¤ un contr?le juridictionnel de l'affaire.

Il a conclu que l'UNDT avait correctement ¨¦valu¨¦ la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moins qui avaient t¨¦moign¨¦ devant lui et s'¨¦tait fond¨¦ ¨¤ juste titre sur le t¨¦moignage cr¨¦dible de Mme V, qui n'avait aucun motif de mentir, pour conclure qu'il avait ¨¦t¨¦ ¨¦tabli par des preuves claires et convaincantes que l'ancien membre du personnel l'avait harcel¨¦e sexuellement en tenant des propos ¨¤ caract¨¨re sexuel en mai et d¨¦cembre 2020. Si le t¨¦moignage de Mme V aurait ¨¦t¨¦ suffisant en soi dans ce contexte, le...

L'UNAT a not¨¦ que le fonctionnaire souffrait d'un probl¨¨me m¨¦dical n¨¦cessitant des soins qui avait une incidence sur sa capacit¨¦ ¨¤ reprendre le travail, qu'il avait consenti ¨¤ l'examen m¨¦dical ind¨¦pendant et qu'il n'avait pas contest¨¦ ces dossiers devant le TDPI ni en appel.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que m¨ºme si la d¨¦cision ST/AI/2019/1 ¨¦tait applicable aux fonctionnaires du HCR ou consid¨¦r¨¦e comme un mod¨¨le de pratique ¨¦quitable, elle n'aurait pas rendu l'examen m¨¦dical ind¨¦pendant irr¨¦gulier.

L'UNAT n'a trouv¨¦ aucun motif pour infirmer la d¨¦cision de l'UNDT selon laquelle il n'y avait aucune preuve de...

L'UNAT a not¨¦ que les ordonnances contest¨¦es rejetant les demandes d'anonymat du fonctionnaire avaient ¨¦t¨¦ rendues moins d'un mois apr¨¨s que le TFP ait fait droit ¨¤ sa demande d'anonymat dans une autre affaire.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que les ordonnances contest¨¦es n'¨¦taient pas isol¨¦es et que l'interaction de toutes ces proc¨¦dures rendait la situation exceptionnelle. Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ que le fait de lui refuser l'anonymat pour ses deux demandes uniquement irait ¨¤ l'encontre de l'objectif de l'anonymat et que, dans les circonstances particuli¨¨res de cette proc¨¦dure, cette incoh¨¦rence portait atteinte ¨¤...

L'UNAT a not¨¦ que la demande de mutation du membre du personnel avait ¨¦t¨¦ approuv¨¦e par le bureau ext¨¦rieur de Cisjordanie, mais que le bureau ext¨¦rieur de Jordanie avait par la suite inform¨¦ que la demande ne pouvait ¨ºtre accept¨¦e en raison d'un engagement pris dans le cadre de la feuille de route concernant l'embauche de travailleurs journaliers ¨¤ des postes ¨¤ dur¨¦e d¨¦termin¨¦e.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le Commissaire g¨¦n¨¦ral avait d¨¦montr¨¦ les efforts d¨¦ploy¨¦s par les deux bureaux ext¨¦rieurs pour traiter la demande de transfert et que l'Agence s'¨¦tait acquitt¨¦e de son obligation de prouver que la...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que, bien que l'ancien membre du personnel n'ait re?u le rapport d'enqu¨ºte complet qu'apr¨¨s la fin de la proc¨¦dure disciplinaire, il n'y avait pas eu violation des r¨¨gles de proc¨¦dure r¨¦guli¨¨re, car la lettre lui donnant la possibilit¨¦ de r¨¦pondre ¨¦tait d¨¦taill¨¦e et il avait re?u le rapport d'enqu¨ºte complet au d¨¦but de la proc¨¦dure devant le Tribunal du contentieux.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le Tribunal du contentieux avait correctement entendu les t¨¦moignages en direct de nombreux t¨¦moins, qui avaient tous ¨¦t¨¦ soumis ¨¤ un contre-interrogatoire, et avait admis certaines d¨¦clarations...

The UNAT found that the UNRWA DT had correctly assessed the Agency¡¯s application of the experience level requirements applicable to the Appellants. Specifically, regarding the teachers contesting their classification at Grade 9, the UNAT agreed with the UNRWA DT¡¯s review of the Area Staff Post Description, which required five years of teaching experience at Grade 9 for classification at Grade 10. As the Appellants classified at Grade 9 did not meet this requirement, the UNAT held that the UNRWA DT had correctly concluded that they were appropriately classified at Grade 9.

The UNAT further...

The UNAT held that the UNDT acted correctly by conducting a judicial review of the case.

It found that the UNDT properly assessed the credibility of the witnesses who testified before it and correctly relied on the credible testimony of Ms. V, who had no motive to lie, to conclude that it had been established by clear and convincing evidence that the former staff member had sexually harassed her by making comments of a sexual nature in May and December 2020. While Ms. V¡¯s testimony alone would have been sufficient in this context, the UNAT noted that it was corroborated by colleagues who were...

The UNAT noted that the staff member¡¯s transfer request had been approved by the West Bank Field Office but the Jordan Field Office had subsequently informed that the request could not be accommodated due to a commitment to the roadmap on hiring daily-paid workers in fixed-term posts.

The UNAT held that the Commissioner-General had demonstrated the efforts made by both Field Offices to process the transfer request and the Agency¡¯s burden to show that the request had been given full and fair consideration was satisfied. The UNAT found that the staff member had not discharged the burden of...

The UNAT noted that the impugned Orders denying the staff member¡¯s requests for anonymity had been issued less than a month after the UNDT had granted his motion for anonymity in another case.

The UNAT found that the impugned Orders did not exist in isolation and the interaction of all these proceedings rendered the situation exceptional. The UNAT held that denying him anonymity for his two applications alone would defeat the purpose of anonymity and, in the unique circumstances of these proceedings, this inconsistency was prejudicial to the integrity of the internal justice system. The UNAT...

The UNAT noted that the staff member had a medical condition requiring attention which impacted his ability to return to work, and he had consented to the Independent Medical Examination and had not challenged those records before the UNDT nor on appeal.

The UNAT held that even if ST/AI/2019/1 were applicable to UNHCR staff members or taken as a model of just practice, it would not have rendered the Independent Medical Examination improper.

The UNAT found no basis to overturn the UNDT¡¯s determination that there had been no evidence of bias or conflict of interest in either the medical...

The UNAT held that although the former staff member did not receive the full investigation report until after the disciplinary process was concluded, there was no due process violation because the opportunity to respond letter was detailed, and he received the full investigation report early in the Dispute Tribunal proceedings.

The UNAT held that the Dispute Tribunal had appropriately heard live testimony from numerous witnesses, all of whom were subject to cross-examination, and had admitted certain hearsay statements using established methods of corroboration. The UNAT held that the Dispute...

Le TANU a not¨¦ qu'au vu des multiples demandes concurrentes de transfert lat¨¦ral, l'agent n'avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ l'un des candidats recommand¨¦s et s¨¦lectionn¨¦s pour le poste parce que ses responsabilit¨¦s ¨¦taient diff¨¦rentes des fonctions du poste demand¨¦, et que l'Agence recherchait des candidats plus familiers avec ces fonctions.

Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'en vertu des dispositions l¨¦gales r¨¦gissant les transferts lat¨¦raux, lues ensemble et non s¨¦par¨¦ment, l'Agence avait ¨¦t¨¦ autoris¨¦e ¨¤ fonder son ¨¦valuation sur l'aptitude des candidats ¨¤ occuper le poste plut?t que sur l'anciennet¨¦, les raisons imp¨¦rieuses...

Le TANU a examin¨¦ si l'appel interlocutoire ¨¦tait recevable parce qu'ABA n'avait pas eu l'occasion d'¨ºtre entendue sur la question des mesures de protection pour V01 lors de l'audience propos¨¦e au moment o¨´ le TNDU a rendu la premi¨¨re ordonnance. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'un motif pour faire droit ¨¤ l'appel interlocutoire, car les arguments d'ABA avaient ¨¦t¨¦ entendus par le TANU lorsqu'il avait d¨¦pos¨¦ sa demande de r¨¦examen.

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le TANU n'avait pas outrepass¨¦ ses comp¨¦tences ou sa juridiction lorsqu'il a ¨¦mis ces ordonnances de gestion des dossiers. Le TANU n...

The UNAT considered whether the interlocutory appeal was receivable because ABA had not been given an opportunity to be heard on the issue of the protective measures for V01 at the proposed hearing at the time the UNDT issued the first Order. The UNAT held that this was not grounds to grant the interlocutory appeal, because ABA¡¯s arguments were heard by the UNDT when he filed his motion for reconsideration.

The UNAT held that the UNDT did not exceed its competence or jurisdiction when it issued these case management orders. The UNAT was also not persuaded by ABA¡¯s argument that the violation...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Tribunal n'avait pas commis d'erreur en concluant que l'acte du fonctionnaire consistant ¨¤ offrir un jouet sexuel ¨¤ un subordonn¨¦ ¨¦tait inappropri¨¦, car il transgressait la fronti¨¨re entre la vie professionnelle et la vie personnelle du subordonn¨¦, m¨ºme si l'¨¦v¨¦nement s'¨¦tait d¨¦roul¨¦ en priv¨¦. Qu'il ait ¨¦t¨¦ sollicit¨¦ ou non, il pouvait avoir un impact n¨¦gatif sur l'image et les int¨¦r¨ºts de l'Organisation. Par cons¨¦quent, le TANU a conclu qu'en agissant de la sorte, l'agent n'avait pas respect¨¦ les normes requises pour son r?le de gestionnaire.

Le TANU a ¨¦galement estim¨¦...