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L'UNAT a observ¨¦ que M. Ponce-Gonzalez tentait de persuader le Tribunal d'appel qu'un fonctionnaire qui pr¨¦tendait avoir d¨¦l¨¦gu¨¦ le pouvoir de prendre des d¨¦cisions en mati¨¨re d'embauche n'avait en fait pas ce pouvoir. M. Ponce-Gonzalez a affirm¨¦ disposer de nouveaux documents ¨¤ l'appui de son argumentation.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que les nouveaux faits d¨¦couverts ne r¨¦pondaient pas ¨¤ l'exigence l¨¦gale d'avoir une incidence d¨¦cisive sur l'issue du pr¨¦c¨¦dent recours et que, par cons¨¦quent, la demande de r¨¦vision ne satisfaisait pas au crit¨¨re l¨¦gal strict pr¨¦vu ¨¤ l'article 11(1) du Statut de l'UNAT et...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le TDT n'avait commis aucune erreur de droit ou de fait en concluant que les all¨¦gations de harc¨¨lement sexuel et de harc¨¨lement au travail avaient ¨¦t¨¦ prouv¨¦es selon la norme de la preuve claire et convaincante. Le TDT avait l'avantage de voir et d'entendre les t¨¦moignages des principaux t¨¦moins des ¨¦v¨¦nements et des ¨¦v¨¦nements connexes. Il y avait donc suffisamment de preuves pour confirmer les ¨¦valuations du TDT quant ¨¤ la survenance et ¨¤ l'importance des ¨¦v¨¦nements. Le TSDU ¨¦tait ¨¦galement en droit de conclure que l'AAO, dont les avances sexuelles avaient ¨¦t¨¦ repouss¨¦es...

Le TFP a estim¨¦ que le retard inexpliqu¨¦ de pr¨¨s d'un an dans le d¨¦p?t de la demande d'interpr¨¦tation ¨¦tait ¨¤ lui seul suffisant pour que le TFP la rejette. Le TFP a en outre estim¨¦ que la demande d'interpr¨¦tation ¨¦tait d¨¦pourvue de fondement juridictionnel. Le TFP a estim¨¦ que le fonctionnaire n'avait d¨¦montr¨¦ aucune ambigu?t¨¦ ni aucun manque de clart¨¦ dans le jugement.

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que la demande d'ex¨¦cution reposait sur le fait que le fonctionnaire avait obtenu que le jugement ant¨¦rieur soit interpr¨¦t¨¦ de la mani¨¨re qu'il souhaitait et que, par cons¨¦quent, sa demande d'ex¨¦cution ¨¦tait...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que l'ancienne fonctionnaire avait le devoir d'informer sans d¨¦lai le FNUAP qu'elle faisait l'objet d'une enqu¨ºte lorsqu'elle a d¨¦missionn¨¦ d'Oxfam, ce qu'il a jug¨¦ pertinent pour d¨¦terminer son aptitude ¨¤ occuper le poste. Il a not¨¦ que le formulaire de candidature comprenait une question sp¨¦cifique visant ¨¤ savoir si elle avait d¨¦missionn¨¦ alors qu'elle faisait l'objet d'une enqu¨ºte, ce qui indiquait qu'elle avait connaissance des valeurs fondamentales de l'Organisation. L'UNAT a ¨¦galement soulign¨¦ que sa lettre de nomination stipulait qu'elle ¨¦tait tenue de fournir toutes...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que m¨ºme s'il devait consid¨¦rer que sa demande d'¨¦valuation de la direction n'¨¦tait pas pr¨¦matur¨¦e mais valable au regard de toutes les d¨¦cisions de non-paiement, la demande avait ¨¦t¨¦ soumise tardivement. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que le fonctionnaire aurait d? soumettre sa demande d'¨¦valuation de la direction dans les 60 jours suivant la r¨¦ception de son dernier bulletin de paie. Le TUNAT a conclu que le TUDN n'avait pas commis d'erreur en estimant que sa demande n'avait pas ¨¦t¨¦ pr¨¦sent¨¦e dans les d¨¦lais et n'avait pas commis d'erreur en occultant les faits sous-jacents de l'affaire.

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Le TUNAT a estim¨¦ que le TUDN n'avait pas commis d'erreur en concluant qu'il ¨¦tait ¨¦tabli que l'ancienne fonctionnaire avait d¨¦tourn¨¦ des fonds vers¨¦s au Syndicat du personnel des Nations Unies pour soutenir la Journ¨¦e du personnel des Nations Unies au profit du Club athl¨¦tique des Nations Unies (UNAC). Le TUNAT a affirm¨¦ que m¨ºme si l'ancienne fonctionnaire n'avait pas tir¨¦ de profit personnel, elle avait abus¨¦ de ses fonctions au profit d'un tiers, l'UNAC, ce qui constituait une faute professionnelle.

Le TFP a estim¨¦ que, quel que soit l'environnement de travail de l'ancienne fonctionnaire...

The UNAT noted with concern that the JAB had been dismantled temporarily without prior warning given to ISA staff members and with no reasons provided by the Administration; it was also alarming that the Administration had dismantled the JAB with no successor in place, denying the staff members access to justice in the interim. The UNAT found that there were no judgments or decisions from the JAB against which the UNAT could evaluate the requested relief. The UNAT held that the motions had become moot as the JAB had since been reconstituted and a panel to consider the requests for suspension...

L¡¯UNAT a not¨¦ avec inqui¨¦tude que le JAB avait ¨¦t¨¦ d¨¦mantel¨¦ temporairement sans avertissement pr¨¦alable aux membres du personnel de l¡¯ISA et sans aucune raison fournie par l¡¯Administration ; il ¨¦tait ¨¦galement alarmant que l¡¯Administration ait d¨¦mantel¨¦ le JAB sans qu¡¯aucun successeur ne soit en place, refusant aux membres du personnel l¡¯acc¨¨s ¨¤ la justice dans l¡¯intervalle. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ qu'il n'existait aucun jugement ou d¨¦cision du JAB ¨¤ l'aune duquel l'UNAT pouvait ¨¦valuer la r¨¦paration demand¨¦e. L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que les requ¨ºtes ¨¦taient devenues sans objet puisque le JAB avait depuis...

L'UNAT a estim¨¦ que l'UNDT avait correctement conclu que le retard de 30 mois pris par l'ABCC dans le traitement de la demande d'indemnisation ¨¦tait excessif. Il a estim¨¦ qu'un d¨¦lai raisonnable pour prendre une d¨¦cision dans cette affaire n'aurait pas d? d¨¦passer 24 semaines. Il a estim¨¦ que le retard suppl¨¦mentaire de 24 mois et 13 jours, sans explication ad¨¦quate, ¨¦tait ill¨¦gal et violait l'obligation de l'Administration de traiter les personnes ¨¤ charge du fonctionnaire d¨¦c¨¦d¨¦ de mani¨¨re ¨¦quitable et raisonnable.

En ce qui concerne l'indemnisation accord¨¦e, le TUNU a confirm¨¦ la d¨¦cision...

The UNAT found that the unexplained delay of almost a year in filing the request for interpretation would alone cause the UNAT to reject it. The UNAT held that, in addition, the request for interpretation lacked a jurisdictional basis. The UNAT found that the staff member had demonstrated no equivocality or lack of clarity of the Judgment.

The UNAT was of the view that the request for execution relied on the staff member¡¯s success in having the earlier Judgment interpreted in the manner he sought and, therefore, his request for execution was moot. The UNAT further noted that the Judgment had...

The UNAT held that the former staff member had a duty to promptly disclose to UNFPA that she was under investigation when she resigned from Oxfam¨Ca fact that it considered relevant to her suitability for the position. It noted that the application form included a specific question about whether she resigned while under investigation, indicating her awareness of the Organisation¡¯s core values. The UNAT also emphasized that her letter of appointment stated that she was responsible for providing any required information during both the application process and subsequent employment.

The UNAT...

The UNAT held that even if it were to consider that his request for management evaluation had not been premature but valid in respect of all the non-payment decisions, the request had been submitted belatedly. The UNAT found that the staff member should have submitted the request for management evaluation within 60 days from receipt of his final pay statement. The UNAT concluded that the UNDT had not erred in finding that his request had not been timely and had not committed an error by obscuring the underlying facts of the case.

The UNAT was of the view that it was unclear what Covid-19...

The UNAT held that the UNDT correctly concluded that the ABCC¡¯s 30-month delay in processing the claim for compensation was excessive. It found that a reasonable delay for decision-making in this claim would have been no more than 24 weeks. It held that the additional delay of 24 months and 13 days, without adequate explanation, was unlawful and violated the Administration¡¯s duty to treat the dependents of the deceased staff member fairly and reasonably.

With respect to the compensation awarded, the UNAT affirmed the UNDT¡¯s award of six months¡¯ net base salary for moral harm. However, the...

The UNAT held that the UNDT did not err in concluding that it was established that the former staff member diverted funds contributed to the United Nations Staff Union to support UN Staff Day to the United Nations Athletic Club (UNAC). The UNAT affirmed that even if the former staff member did not obtain personal gain, she misused her office for the private gain of a third party, the UNAC, which constituted misconduct.

The UNAT held that irrespective of what the former staff member¡¯s work environment was like, it cannot justify misconduct.

The UNAT further held that any form of dishonest...

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 the application was denied.

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 held that there was no error of law or fact by the UNDT in finding that the allegations of sexual harassment and workplace harassment were proven to the clear and convincing evidence standard. The UNDT had the advantage of seeing and hearing the evidence of the principal witnesses to, and relating to, the events. There was therefore ample evidence to confirm the UNDT¡¯s assessments of the occurrence and significance of the events. The UNDT was also entitled to draw the inference that AAO, rebuffed in his sexual advances by the complainant, retaliated subsequently through workplace...

The UNAT noted that ABD¡¯s appeal was filed within 60 days of the Order¡¯s issuance, but more than 30 days after that event. Given that under Article 7(1)(c) of the UNAT Statute, a party has 30 days to appeal an order, ABD was out of time to appeal against the impugned UNDT Order.

The UNAT dismissed the appeal as not receivable.

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...