UNDT/2019/074, Ashgar
Preliminary matters Loss of Applicant¡¯s professional emails (potential evidence): One of the Applicant¡¯s main arguments was that allegedly exculpatory evidence in her case (emails from and to the Applicant) had been lost which affected her due process rights, thus rendering the investigation unfair and improper. The Tribunal found that the alleged email evidence was not destroyed wilfully. Rather, it was destroyed as a consequence of the negligence of a number of people. The Tribunal noted that the investigators have a very high duty to locate and preserve evidence. The investigators are also...
UNDT/2019/073, Nouinou
The Applicant¡¯s appeal against her own selection for the TJO is not receivable because it is time-barred under staff rule 11.2(c). As no reasonable remedy would be available for the Tribunal to rectify the situation to the relevant applicant¡¯s advantage, the appeal would only be of speculative interest. In the present case, the Applicant basically appeals against herself being selected for and appointed to a job, which is evidently an administrative decision to her advantage. Consequently, the Applicant¡¯s appeal of the decision to recruit her against the TJO is not receivable as it does not...
UNDT/2019/070, Buendia Martinez
As the Applicant withdrew claim, there was no longer a matter for judicial consideration and determination and therefore the case is closed.
UNDT/2019/071, Parrondo-Rodriguez
As the Applicant withdrew claim, there is no longer a matter for judicial consideration and determination and therefore the case is closed.
UNDT/2019/072, Rodriguez-Garcia
As the Applicant withdrew claim, there is no longer a matter for judicial consideration and determination and therefore the case is closed.
UNDT/2019/068, Colati
The Tribunal found the first application receivable because a response to the Applicant¡¯s request for implementation of the award of the continuing appointment of which he was notified by Inspira on 3 November 2016 was only made by the MICT on 31 May 2017. The Applicant was still within the prescribed time limits of 60 days under staff rule 11.3(c) when he sought management evaluation on 11 July. On the merits, the Tribunal noted that the Applicant transferred from DPKO, which is part of the Secretariat, to the MICT. Before the said transfer, the Applicant had been invited by OHRM to...
UNDT/2019/069, Tarr
Merits: The evaluation criteria in the comparative review matrix on record, against which the suitability of job candidates was appraised, did not correspond to the mandatory and desirable/advantageous qualifications, and in light of these anomalies alone, the Respondent failed to minimally demonstrate that the Applicant received full and fair consideration. Considering that the documents on record do not include any specific analysis with supporting documentation as to how the selected male candidate¡¯s qualifications were clearly superior vis-¨¤-vis the Applicant, the Applicant has proved...
UNDT/2019/067, Gonz¨¢lez del Tanago
In the absence of any arguable point of law and given the binding rulings of the Appeals Tribunal in Lloret-Alcaniz et al. 2018-UNAT-840, Quijano-Evans et al. 2018-UNAT-841 and Mirella et al. 2018-UNAT-842, the claim is dismissed.
UNDT/2019/066, Shermet et al.
In the absence of any arguable point of law and given the binding rulings of the Appeals Tribunal in the aforementioned judgments on the Salary Scale Cases, the claims are dismissed.
UNDT/2019/063, Nedel
Since the Applicant withdrew her claim, there is no longer a matter for judicial consideration and determination and therefore the case is closed.