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L¡¯UNAT a constat¨¦ que le Tribunal disciplinaire des Nations Unies (UNDT) s¡¯¨¦tait appuy¨¦ de mani¨¨re tr¨¨s importante sur son ¨¦valuation de la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ de l¡¯ancien membre du personnel lors de son t¨¦moignage oral devant lui, ne lui accordant pratiquement aucune cr¨¦dibilit¨¦. Toutefois, elle a estim¨¦ que cette
appr¨¦ciation n¡¯avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ contrebalanc¨¦e par une ¨¦valuation similaire de la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des plaignants, en particulier lorsque leurs versions des faits entraient en conflit avec celles de l¡¯ancien membre du
personnel. L¡¯UNAT a soulign¨¦ que les plaignants n¡¯avaient eu aucune occasion d...

L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que l¡¯UNDT n¡¯avait commis aucune erreur dans la conduite de l¡¯audience. ? cet ¨¦gard, l¡¯UNAT a fait remarquer qu¡¯il avait ¨¦t¨¦ demand¨¦ ¨¤ l¡¯UNICEF Ouganda de fournir un lieu appropri¨¦ d¡¯o¨´ la juge de l¡¯UNDT pourrait pr¨¦sider l¡¯audience, et ce uniquement pour des raisons de connectivit¨¦, et que l¡¯avocat du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral participait depuis le Royaume-Uni et ne se trouvait donc pas,
contrairement ¨¤ ce que soutenait l¡¯ancien membre du personnel, ¨¤ proximit¨¦ de la juge. Elle a en outre estim¨¦ que le fait que la juge n¡¯ait pas laiss¨¦ sa cam¨¦ra allum¨¦e en permanence pendant l...

The UNAT found that the UNDT relied very significantly on its assessment of the former staff member¡¯s credibility in giving his oral evidence before it, disbelieving him strongly and almost entirely.However, it held that this was not balanced against any similar assessment of the complainants¡¯ credibility, particularly where their accounts of the facts conflicted with those of the former staff member. The UNAT emphasized that there was no opportunity for the complainants to be questioned by either the former staff member¡¯s counsel or the UNDT Judge, which was particularly significant given...

The UNAT held that the UNDT committed no error in its conduct of the hearing.In this regard, the UNAT observed that UNICEF Uganda was requested to provide a suitable venue from which the UNDT Judge could conduct the hearing solely for connectivity reasons, and that the Secretary-General¡¯s counsel participated from the United Kingdom and was therefore, contrary to the former staff member¡¯s contention, not in proximity to the Judge.It further found that the fact that the Judge did not keep her camera on at all times during the hearing did not demonstrate that she was not appropriately...

Le fonctionnaire en poste ¨¤ Gen¨¨ve a postul¨¦ au poste ¨¤ Suva, aux Fidji, et s¡¯est vu proposer un engagement temporaire ¨¤ la suite de cette candidature. Apr¨¨s de nombreux ¨¦changes concernant la date de prise de fonction, l¡¯Administration l¡¯a inform¨¦ que la date qu¡¯il avait propos¨¦e n¡¯¨¦tait pas acceptable et qu¡¯elle allait contacter le candidat suivant.

L¡¯UNAT a not¨¦ que l¡¯offre d¡¯engagement pr¨¦cisait qu¡¯elle portait ? sur une p¨¦riode initiale prenant effet d¨¨s que possible et allant
jusqu¡¯au 31 d¨¦cembre 2024 ?. L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ qu¡¯en acceptant sans condition l¡¯offre d¡¯engagement, le fonctionnaire...

L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que l¡¯UNDT avait commis une erreur de droit en appliquant de mani¨¨re erron¨¦e la jurisprudence relative ¨¤
l¡¯anonymisation et, en particulier, en omettant de prendre en compte la nature de l¡¯affaire dont elle ¨¦tait saisie et son impact sur
l¡¯ancienne employ¨¦e, ainsi qu¡¯en ne faisant pas la distinction entre les diff¨¦rents crit¨¨res applicables ¨¤ l¡¯anonymisation de l¡¯identit¨¦ des auteurs d¡¯infractions, par opposition ¨¤ celle des plaignants ou des t¨¦moins.

L¡¯UNAT a observ¨¦ que l¡¯ancienne fonctionnaire ¨¦tait plaignante dans le cadre d¡¯all¨¦gations d¡¯inconduite sexuelle et que, par
cons...

L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que l¡¯UNDT n¡¯avait pas commis d¡¯erreur en refusant de faire compara?tre un t¨¦moin expert afin de d¨¦montrer que les informations personnelles de l¡¯ancien membre du personnel avaient ¨¦t¨¦ divulgu¨¦es de mani¨¨re abusive par d¡¯autres membres du personnel de l¡¯UNICEF ayant acc¨¨s ¨¤ ? Vision ?, un syst¨¨me qui stocke les informations relatives au personnel de l¡¯UNICEF.

L¡¯UNAT a jug¨¦ que la conclusion des enqu¨ºteurs selon laquelle il n¡¯¨¦tait pas possible d¡¯identifier le membre du personnel, s¡¯il y en avait un, qui avait divulgu¨¦ les informations personnelles de l¡¯ancien membre du personnel...

D¡¯embl¨¦e, l¡¯UNAT a relev¨¦ que le seul grief soulev¨¦ par la fonctionnaire dans le cadre de son recours portait sur la l¨¦galit¨¦ de la sanction qui lui avait ¨¦t¨¦ inflig¨¦e, ce qui ne faisait que reprendre les arguments qu¡¯elle avait d¨¦j¨¤ avanc¨¦s devant le tribunal
disciplinaire de l¡¯UNRWA. Elle a notamment fait valoir que l¡¯imposition d¡¯amendes ¨¦tait contraire aux droits de l¡¯homme et aux
directives de l¡¯OIT relatives ¨¤ la r¨¦mun¨¦ration du travail effectu¨¦. L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que, bien que le Tribunal disciplinaire de l¡¯UNRWA n¡¯ait pas express¨¦ment abord¨¦ cet argument, celui-ci n¡¯avait aucune chance d...

L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que l¡¯UNDT n¡¯avait pas commis d¡¯erreur de droit dans son interpr¨¦tation de l¡¯article 10.1(b) du R¨¨glement du
personnel et avait ¨¤ juste titre jug¨¦ que la notion de ? perte financi¨¨re ? exigeait un pr¨¦judice p¨¦cuniaire d¨¦montrable et quantifiable pour l¡¯Organisation, directement caus¨¦ par une faute intentionnelle, imprudente ou gravement n¨¦gligente de la part du fonctionnaire, et non compens¨¦ par une contrepartie de valeur ¨¦quivalente ou sup¨¦rieure.

Le Tribunal administratif des Nations unies a rejet¨¦ l¡¯argument du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral selon lequel toute utilisation non autoris¨¦e...

En ce qui concerne le recours form¨¦ contre l¡¯ordonnance n¡ã 46 (GVA/2025) rejetant la requ¨ºte de M. Turcanu visant ¨¤ obtenir la
suspension de la d¨¦cision contest¨¦e dans l¡¯attente de l¡¯examen judiciaire de sa demande au fond, le Tribunal d¡¯appel a rappel¨¦ qu¡¯en vertu de l¡¯article 10, paragraphe 2, du Statut du TNDU et de l¡¯article 14 du R¨¨glement du TNDU, le TNDU ne peut suspendre
l¡¯ex¨¦cution d¡¯une d¨¦cision contest¨¦e dans les affaires relatives ¨¤ la nomination, ¨¤ la promotion ou ¨¤ la cessation de fonctions. Il a ¨¦galement rappel¨¦ qu¡¯une d¨¦cision de ne pas renouveler une nomination relevait de la...

The UNAT held that the UNDT did not err in refusing to call an expert witness to demonstrate that the former staff member¡¯s personal information had been improperly leaked by other UNICEF staff members with access to Vision, a system that stores UNICEF staff information.The UNAT found that the investigators¡¯ conclusion that it was not possible to identify the staff member, if any, who had leaked the former staff member¡¯s personal information to a third party stood unrefuted. It further found that it had not been shown that, had the investigators sought third-party expert assistance, they...

The UNAT held that the UNDT did not err in law in its interpretation of Staff Rule 10.1(b) and properly held that ¡°financial loss¡± requires a demonstrable and quantifiable monetary detriment to the Organization, directly caused by the staff member¡¯s wilful, reckless, or grossly negligent misconduct, and not offset by equivalent or greater value received.

The UNAT rejected the Secretary-General¡¯s argument that any unauthorized use of funds constitutes ¡°financial loss¡±, holding that this conflates misconduct with loss.Accordingly, it held that the failure to follow procurement procedures...

As to the appeal of Order No. 46 (GVA/2025) dismissing Mr. Turcanu¡¯s motion seeking the suspension of the contested decision pending judicial review of his substantive application, the Appeals Tribunal recalled that pursuant to Article 10(2) of the UNDT Statute and Article 14 of the UNDT Rules, the UNDT may not suspend the implementation of a contested decision in cases of appointment, promotion or termination. It also recalled that a decision not to renew an appointment was a matter concerned with the ¡°appointment¡± of a staff member. The Appeals Tribunal concluded that under the terms of...

The UNAT found that the UNDT committed an error of law by misapplying the jurisprudence on anonymization and, in particular, by failing to consider the nature of the matter before it and its impact on the former staff member, as well as by failing to distinguish between the different considerations applicable to the anonymization of the identity of perpetrators, as opposed to complainants or witnesses.

The UNAT observed that the former staff member was a complainant in respect of alleged sexual misconduct and, accordingly, the allegations raised by her were of a uniquely sensitive and...

At the outset, the UNAT noted that the staff member¡¯s sole challenge on appeal concerned the lawfulness of the sanction imposed on her, which merely repeated contentions she had already raised before the UNRWA DT. For example, she argued that the imposition of fines was inconsistent with human rights and ILO directives on receiving pay for work delivered. The UNAT held that, although the UNRWA DT did not expressly address this argument, it had no chance of success, as the applicable legal framework explicitly lists fines as one of the possible sanctions that may be imposed on UNRWA staff...

L¡¯ancien membre du personnel a ¨¦t¨¦ mis en cong¨¦ administratif sans solde (ALWOP) dans l¡¯attente de la conclusion d¡¯une enqu¨ºte men¨¦e ¨¤ son encontre pour faute professionnelle. Au moment o¨´ le d¨¦cideur a envisag¨¦ de prolonger la dur¨¦e de l¡¯ALWOP, seul un projet de rapport du Bureau des services de contr?le interne (BSCI) ¨¦tait disponible.

L¡¯UNAT a estim¨¦ que l¡¯UNDT avait, ¨¤ tort et de mani¨¨re d¨¦finitive, substitu¨¦ sa propre appr¨¦ciation des faits ¨¤ celle de
l¡¯Administration. Elle a admis ¨¤ tort des rapports d¡¯expertise ind¨¦pendants ¨¦tablis a posteriori comme pertinents pour la fiabilit¨¦ des...

Le 19 mai 2024, l¡¯agent est revenu ¨¤ son lieu d¡¯affectation apr¨¨s un cong¨¦ de repos et de r¨¦cup¨¦ration (R&R). La p¨¦riode de service ouvrant droit ¨¤ ce cong¨¦ ¨¦tait de 28 jours et il pouvait pr¨¦tendre ¨¤ un nouveau cong¨¦ R&R ¨¤ compter du 16 juin 2024. Il a quitt¨¦ son lieu d¡¯affectation le 13 juin 2024. Il a demand¨¦ un cong¨¦ de repos et de r¨¦cup¨¦ration pour la p¨¦riode du 23 au 27 juin 2024.

L¡¯UNAT a not¨¦ que le fonctionnaire avait quitt¨¦ son lieu d¡¯affectation en partant du principe que les jours suivants, du 14 au 22 juin 2024, qui comprenaient ¨¤ la fois des jours ch?m¨¦s, des jours f¨¦ri¨¦s...

Le fonctionnaire, qui occupait le poste de charg¨¦ adjoint des droits de l¡¯homme de classe P-2, a postul¨¦ au poste de charg¨¦ des droits de l¡¯homme de classe P-4. Le responsable du recrutement a proc¨¦d¨¦ ¨¤ un examen sur dossier des candidatures et a, ¨¤ l¡¯issue de celui-ci, d¨¦cid¨¦ de ne pas retenir le fonctionnaire. En cons¨¦quence, sa candidature n¡¯a pas ¨¦t¨¦ retenue dans le cadre du
processus de s¨¦lection.

L¡¯UNAT a not¨¦ que le UNDT avait jug¨¦ impossible de d¨¦terminer si le document produit par le Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral, refl¨¦tant
l¡¯¨¦valuation par l¡¯Administration des comp¨¦tences, de l¡¯exp¨¦rience et de...

The staff member based in Geneva applied for the post in Suva, Fiji, and was offered the temporary appointment as a result. After many rounds of communications regarding the date of reporting for duty, the Administration informed him that his suggested date was not acceptable, and it was proceeding to contact the next candidate.

The UNAT noted that the offer of appointment had specified that it was ¡°for an initial period effective as soon as possible to 31 December 2024¡±. The UNAT found that by unconditionally accepting the offer of appointment, the staff member was in a quasi-contractual...

The staff member, who served as an Associate Human Rights Officer at the P-2 level, applied for the Human Rights Officer post at the P-4 level. The hiring manager conducted a desk review of the job applications and, as a result, decided not to shortlist the staff member. Accordingly, his candidacy did not proceed in the selection process.

The UNAT noted that the UNDT had found it impossible to determine whether the document produced by the Secretary-General, reflecting the Administration¡¯s assessment of the staff member¡¯s skills, experience and suitability, constituted a ¡°contemporaneous...