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Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent avait permis ¨¤ une femme non autoris¨¦e de monter ¨¤ bord d'un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies qui lui avait ¨¦t¨¦ attribu¨¦ et de commettre publiquement des actes de nature sexuelle sur le si¨¨ge arri¨¨re, jetant le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦ant des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dont les questions exigeaient que le TNDU d¨¦termine la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TNDU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur sa d¨¦cision. L'UNDT a pris en compte de mani¨¨re...

The UNAT noted that the staff member allowed an unauthorized female individual to board a United Nations vehicle assigned to him and to publicly commit acts of a sexual nature in the rear seat, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.

The UNAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the UNDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a UNDT hearing had not affected its decision. The UNDT appropriately considered the former staff member's admissions, as well as the video clip...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que M. Kankwenda, qui a particip¨¦ tardivement ¨¤ la Caisse commune des pensions du personnel des Nations unies, a ¨¦pous¨¦ une autre personne, Mme M.T., en R¨¦publique d¨¦mocratique du Congo (RDC) en 1971. Ce fait, que Mme Isasi elle-m¨ºme n'a pas contest¨¦, ¨¦tait ¨¦tay¨¦ par un certificat de mariage et concordait avec les informations relatives aux dates de naissance des enfants de M. Kankwenda et ¨¤ l'identit¨¦ de leurs m¨¨res. Le TANU a soulign¨¦ que Mme Isasi avait admis que les deux certificats de mariage qu'elle avait pr¨¦sent¨¦s apr¨¨s le d¨¦c¨¨s de M. Kankwenda, cens¨¦s attester de...

The UNAT held that Mr. Kankwenda, a late participant in the UNJSPF, married another individual, Ms. M.T., in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1971. This fact, which Ms. Isasi herself did not contest, was supported by a marriage certificate and was consistent with the information regarding the dates of birth of Mr. Kankwenda¡¯s children and the identities of their mothers. The UNAT highlighted that Ms. Isasi admitted that the two marriage certificates she submitted after Mr. Kankwenda¡¯s death, purportedly showing their marriage on 17 January 1971, were falsified, undermining her...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'ancien membre du personnel n'avait pas fourni d'¨¦l¨¦ments prouvant qu'il avait droit ¨¤ une indemnisation pour le pr¨¦judice subi. En particulier, le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'aucune preuve n'avait ¨¦t¨¦ fournie pour ¨¦tablir un lien entre l'ill¨¦galit¨¦ commise et le pr¨¦judice subi par l'ancienne employ¨¦e en cons¨¦quence. Le TANU a soulign¨¦ que le rapport m¨¦dical pr¨¦sent¨¦ par l'ancienne employ¨¦e indiquait qu'elle se plaignait d'un manque de sommeil et de maux de t¨ºte "depuis plusieurs ann¨¦es" et que ces sympt?mes correspondaient ¨¤ un ¨¦tat pathologique diagnostiqu¨¦ ant¨¦rieurement.

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Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le juge du TNDU n'¨¦tait pas tenu d'indiquer sa position sur les preuves, d'autant plus que toutes les preuves n'avaient pas encore ¨¦t¨¦ pr¨¦sent¨¦es.

Compte tenu de divers ¨¦l¨¦ments, notamment le rapport d'enqu¨ºte, les ¨¦changes de messages WhatsApp et les aveux de l'ancien membre du personnel, le TANU a jug¨¦ cr¨¦dible le r¨¦cit des ¨¦v¨¦nements fait par le plaignant. Il a conclu que le comportement pr¨¦sum¨¦ de l'ancien membre du personnel, qui aurait appel¨¦ la plaignante dans sa chambre le 1er ao?t 2020 et lui aurait demand¨¦ de venir dans son lit, ¨¦tait ¨¦tabli par des preuves...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que le Tribunal du contentieux administratif avait rendu l'ordonnance contest¨¦e faisant droit ¨¤ la demande de prorogation du d¨¦lai de d¨¦p?t de la requ¨ºte sans que la partie l¨¦s¨¦e ait ¨¦t¨¦ entendue et sans ¨ºtre habilit¨¦ ¨¤ le faire. Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Tribunal du contentieux administratif ne s'¨¦tait pas techniquement conform¨¦ ¨¤ ses propres instructions pratiques en rendant l'ordonnance et qu'il avait peut-¨ºtre strictement viol¨¦ les principes de justice naturelle et de proc¨¦dure r¨¦guli¨¨re en ne donnant pas au Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral un pr¨¦avis suffisant de la requ¨ºte et la...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent n'avait pas demand¨¦ la r¨¦vision de la d¨¦cision du Comit¨¦ des pensions du personnel des Nations Unies ni fait appel aupr¨¨s du Comit¨¦ permanent, mais qu'il avait plut?t d¨¦pos¨¦ une demande d'¨¦valuation de la gestion et s'¨¦tait ensuite adress¨¦ au TUND. Le TANU a estim¨¦ que, de ce fait, il n'avait pas suivi la proc¨¦dure appropri¨¦e. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il n'existait pas d'autorit¨¦ pour recevoir une demande du Tribunal du contentieux administratif concernant une d¨¦cision en mati¨¨re de pension. Le TANU a conclu que le Tribunal n'avait pas commis d'erreur lorsqu'il avait jug¨¦...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'un vice de proc¨¦dure s'¨¦tait produit au cours de la proc¨¦dure de recrutement en raison d'une v¨¦rification inappropri¨¦e des exigences en mati¨¨re d'¨¦ducation. Plus pr¨¦cis¨¦ment, le TANU a soulign¨¦ que le responsable du recrutement n'avait pas v¨¦rifi¨¦ si les dipl?mes des candidats portaient sur des domaines li¨¦s ¨¤ la gestion de la cha?ne d'approvisionnement, ¨¤ l'administration des affaires ou ¨¤ la gestion, et qu'il les avait tous consid¨¦r¨¦s comme admissibles au regard des exigences en mati¨¨re d'¨¦ducation. N¨¦anmoins, soulignant que l'ancien membre du personnel n'¨¦tait...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Bureau de l'inspecteur g¨¦n¨¦ral (IGO) et l'administration n'avaient pas correctement pris en compte les facteurs pertinents port¨¦s ¨¤ leur attention au cours de l'enqu¨ºte sur les fautes commises par l'agent. En particulier, ils n'ont pas pris en compte le contexte m¨¦dical dans lequel la faute a ¨¦t¨¦ commise, qui aurait pu ¨ºtre disculpatoire pour l'agent. Le TANU a constat¨¦ qu'ils n'avaient pas examin¨¦ et appr¨¦ci¨¦ les effets potentiels de la tumeur c¨¦r¨¦brale et/ou du traitement de l'agent sur certains aspects de ses relations interpersonnelles avec d'autres membres du...

Le TANU a observ¨¦ que deux ¨¦changes de courriels entre Mme Nimusiima et un ancien membre du personnel du HCR (AM) ¨¦taient la seule preuve documentaire offerte pour ¨¦tablir la culpabilit¨¦ de Mme Nimusiima dans l'¨¦mission d'une lettre de r¨¦installation frauduleuse en ¨¦change d'un pot-de-vin.

L'UNDT avait conclu que ces ¨¦changes de courriels montraient que Mme Nimusiima avait agi de concert avec AM, mais qu'ils ¨¦taient n¨¦anmoins "¨¦quivoques" (peu clairs/vagues), "purement circonstanciels" et ne prouvaient pas avec une forte probabilit¨¦ qu'AM avait envoy¨¦ la lettre de r¨¦installation frauduleuse...

Le TANU a rejet¨¦ la demande de r¨¦vision, estimant qu'aucun des faits nouveaux all¨¦gu¨¦s n'¨¦tait un "fait nouveau" au sens de l'article 11, paragraphe 1, du statut du TANU. Les faits nouveaux all¨¦gu¨¦s ¨¦taient soit survenus apr¨¨s le prononc¨¦ de l'arr¨ºt du TANU, soit connus du Tribunal d'appel, soit des questions de droit.

Le TANU a accueilli la demande de correction en partie, dans la mesure o¨´ il a accept¨¦ l'argument de Mme Raschdorf selon lequel une erreur s'est produite au paragraphe 44 de l'arr¨ºt du TANU, o¨´ le TANU a fait r¨¦f¨¦rence ¨¤ tort au Comit¨¦ consultatif pour les demandes d...

The UNAT dismissed the application for revision, finding that none of the alleged new facts were ¡°new facts¡± for the purpose of Article 11(1) of the UNAT Statute. The alleged new facts either occurred after the issuance of the UNAT Judgment, were known to the Appeals Tribunal, or matters of law.

The UNAT granted the application for correction in part, to the extent that the UNAT agreed with Ms. Raschdorf's argument that an error arose in paragraph 44 of the UNAT Judgment where the UNAT wrongly referred to the Advisory Board on Compensation Claims instead of the Pension Fund.

Finally, the...

The UNAT observed that two e-mail exchanges between Ms. Nimusiima and a former UNHCR staff member (AM) were the only documentary evidence offered to establish Ms. Nimusiima¡¯s culpability in issuing a fraudulent resettlement letter in exchange for a bribe.

The UNDT had concluded that these e-mail exchanges showed that Ms. Nimusiima acted in concert with AM, but that they were nonetheless ¡°equivocal¡± (unclear/vague), ¡°purely circumstantial¡± and did not prove with high probability that AM had sent the fraudulent resettlement letter to the Complainant (the alleged refugee).

With regard to...

The UNAT held that the Inspector General¡¯s Office (IGO) and the Administration failed to properly consider relevant factors brought to their attention during the investigation into the staff member's misconduct. Specifically, they did not considerate the medical context in which the established misconduct occurred, which could have been exculpatory for the staff member. The UNAT found that they failed to investigate and appreciate the potential effects of the staff member's brain tumour and/or treatment on certain aspects of his interpersonal relations with other staff members.

The UNAT...

The UNAT held that a procedural flaw occurred during the recruitment process due to the inappropriate screening of educational requirements. Specifically, the UNAT highlighted that the Hiring Manager failed to verify if the candidates¡¯ degrees were in fields related to Supply Chain Management, business administration/management, instead considering all of them eligible in respect of educational requirements. Nevertheless, highlighting that the former staff member was, unlike 16 other candidates, neither recommended for the position, nor rostered for future similar vacancies, the UNAT held...

The UNAT held that the former staff member failed to provide evidence to prove entitlement to compensation for harm suffered. In particular, the UNAT found that no evidence was submitted proving a nexus between the illegality committed and any harm suffered by the former staff member as a result. The UNAT highlighted that the medical report submitted by the former staff member recorded that she had complained of lack of sleep and headaches ¡°for several years¡± and that such symptoms were consistent with a previous diagnosed medical condition.

As to the costs of the appeal, since there was no...

The UNAT noted the staff member had not requested a review of the decision by the United Nations Staff Pension Committee or filed an appeal to the Standing Committee, but rather had filed a request for management evaluation and then had applied to the UNDT. The UNAT found that, as such, he had not followed proper procedure. The UNAT held that there was no authority for receiving an application by the Dispute Tribunal with regards to a pension decision. The UNAT concluded that the UNDT had not erred when it held that it did not have jurisdiction to undertake a judicial review of the contested...

The UNAT noted that the Dispute Tribunal had issued the impugned Order granting the request to extend the time limit for filing the application without the adversely-affected party being heard and without authority to do so. The UNAT found that the UNDT had not technically complied with its own Practice Direction in issuing the Order and may have strictly violated the principles of natural justice and due process by failing to give the Secretary-General adequate notice of the motion and an opportunity to reply.

The UNAT observed, however, that the UNDT had accepted the staff member¡¯s averment...

The UNAT held that the UNDT Judge was not obligated to indicate their inclination on the evidence, especially since all evidence had not yet been presented.

Considering various elements, including the Investigation Report, the WhatsApp message exchanges, and the former staff member¡¯s admissions, the UNAT found the Complainant¡¯s account of events credible. It concluded that the former staff member¡¯s alleged conduct of calling the Complainant to his room on 1 August 2020 and asking her to come to his bed was established by clear and convincing evidence and amounted to sexual harassment. It...