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Le TANU a estim¨¦ que, puisque M. Nigam avait fond¨¦ son recours interlocutoire sur de pr¨¦tendues erreurs de fait et de droit commises par le juge-pr¨¦sident du TANU, sans all¨¦guer que le TANU avait agi de mani¨¨re extrajudiciaire ou en outrepassant sa comp¨¦tence, il devait attendre, pour exercer son droit de recours, qu'une d¨¦cision finale ait ¨¦t¨¦ rendue.
Le TANU a conclu qu'un arr¨ºt ant¨¦rieur du TANU ne contenait aucune indication de partialit¨¦ du juge Belle ¨¤ l'encontre de M. Nigam, ni aucune critique allant au-del¨¤ de ce qu'un observateur raisonnablement inform¨¦ pourrait attendre d'un arr¨ºt...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that, since Mr. Nigam based his interlocutory appeal on alleged errors of fact and law by the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT Judge President, with no allegation of the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT acting extra-jurisdictionally or similarly in excess of its jurisdiction, he must wait to exercise his right of appeal until a final decision has been made.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT concluded that an earlier ±¬ÁÏÍøDT Judgment contained neither any indication of bias by Judge Belle against Mr. Nigam, nor any criticism beyond what a reasonably informed observer might expect from a partly erroneous judgment and its subsequent appellate review.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que la d¨¦cision administrative concernant les remboursements ¨¤ l'agent a pris effet en droit le 7 mai 2019, date ¨¤ laquelle il a re?u le virement de l'Organisation. Les raisons de ce montant de remboursement ont ¨¦t¨¦ discut¨¦es avec lui peu de temps avant que le virement ne soit effectu¨¦. Bien que les explications des calculs sous-jacents aient ¨¦t¨¦ r¨¦p¨¦t¨¦es dans des ¨¦changes de courriels ult¨¦rieurs avec le membre du personnel, ces r¨¦p¨¦titions ne constituaient pas des d¨¦cisions administratives suppl¨¦mentaires ou nouvelles susceptibles d'¨ºtre contest¨¦es par le membre du...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the administrative decision concerning reimbursements to the staff member took effect in law on 7 May 2019, when he received the wire transfer from the Organization. The reasons for this reimbursement amount were discussed with him shortly before the wire transfer was made. Although explanations of the underlying calculations were repeated in subsequent email exchanges with the staff member, those repetitions were not additional or new administrative decisions that were open to challenge by the staff member, thereby resetting the statute of limitations.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found...

Le TANU a pr¨¦cis¨¦ que la seule question ¨¦tait de savoir si le requ¨¦rant, un ancien membre du personnel, avait pr¨¦sent¨¦ un fait nouveau et d¨¦cisif qui lui ¨¦tait inconnu, ainsi qu'au Tribunal d'appel, lorsque l'arr¨ºt ant¨¦rieur du TANU a ¨¦t¨¦ rendu, et que ce fait aurait eu une incidence mat¨¦rielle sur l'issue de cet arr¨ºt.
Le TANU a examin¨¦ les documents soumis par l'ancien fonctionnaire et a conclu qu'ils ¨¦taient tous connus de lui avant le prononc¨¦ de l'arr¨ºt du TANU. L'ancien fonctionnaire a essentiellement r¨¦p¨¦t¨¦ ou ajout¨¦ les m¨ºmes arguments que ceux qu'il avait avanc¨¦s dans son premier...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT specified that the sole issue was whether the applicant, a former staff member, had presented a new and decisive fact that was unknown to him and the Appeals Tribunal when the prior ±¬ÁÏÍøAT Judgment was decided, and that this fact would have materially impacted the outcome of that Judgment.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT reviewed the documents submitted by the former staff member and concluded that they were all known to him prior to the issuance of the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT Judgment. The former staff member essentially repeated or added to the same arguments he made in his original appeal, and the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT had already...

Le TANU a d'abord observ¨¦ que l'agent avait consacr¨¦ une partie de son m¨¦moire d'appel ¨¤ contester les conclusions de fait d'un jugement ant¨¦rieur de l'±¬ÁÏÍøDT concernant son dossier disciplinaire. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ¨¦tait emp¨ºch¨¦ de le faire parce qu'il n'avait pas fait appel de ce premier jugement de l'±¬ÁÏÍøDT.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que lorsque le TNDU a examin¨¦ la sanction disciplinaire impos¨¦e, il a correctement pris en compte les cas ant¨¦rieurs impliquant une faute comparable, ainsi que les facteurs aggravants et att¨¦nuants. Les circonstances att¨¦nuantes invoqu¨¦es par l'agent ont ¨¦t¨¦ prises en...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT first observed that the staff member dedicated parts of his appeal brief to challenging the findings of fact in an earlier ±¬ÁÏÍøDT judgment concerning his disciplinary case. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that he was estopped from doing so because he did not appeal this earlier ±¬ÁÏÍøDT judgment.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT was satisfied that when the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT reviewed the disciplinary sanction imposed, the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT properly considered previous cases involving comparable misconduct, as well as aggravating and mitigating factors. The mitigating factors raised by the staff member were considered by the Administration, but they simply...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le TNDU avait commis une erreur en estimant que la circulaire ST/SGB/2003/13 imposait l'existence d'un "avantage indu" pour qu'il y ait exploitation sexuelle. Le TANU a ¨¦galement conclu que l'ancien membre du personnel avait abus¨¦ de la position de vuln¨¦rabilit¨¦ de V01 ¨¤ des fins sexuelles (c'est-¨¤-dire en se livrant ¨¤ au moins quatre actes sexuels), ce qui constitue une exploitation et un abus sexuels. Le TANU a soulign¨¦ que l'±¬ÁÏÍøDT elle-m¨ºme avait reconnu que V01, pr¨¦tendument mineure, ¨¦tait vuln¨¦rable et moins puissante que l'ancien membre du personnel, et que ses...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT erred in finding that ST/SGB/2003/13 imposes a requirement of ¡°undue advantage¡± for sexual exploitation to occur. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT further found that the former staff member abused the position of vulnerability of V01 for sexual purposes (i.e., engaging in at least four acts of sexual intercourse), which constitutes sexual exploitation and abuse. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT emphasized that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT itself acknowledged that V01, allegedly a minor, was vulnerable and less powerful than the former staff member, and that his actions had a sexual connotation. Therefore, the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Tribunal n'avait pas commis d'erreur de proc¨¦dure affectant l'issue de l'affaire en rejetant partiellement les requ¨ºtes de l'ancien fonctionnaire visant ¨¤ obtenir des preuves suppl¨¦mentaires ou en ne lui accordant pas un d¨¦lai suppl¨¦mentaire suffisant pour r¨¦pondre aux observations du Secr¨¦taire g¨¦n¨¦ral.
Le TANU a ¨¦galement conclu que l'±¬ÁÏÍøDT avait correctement identifi¨¦ la d¨¦cision contest¨¦e comme ¨¦tant la d¨¦cision du 1er avril 2022 le d¨¦clarant in¨¦ligible ¨¤ participer ¨¤ l'ASHI. Le TANU a observ¨¦ que l'ancien fonctionnaire avait lui-m¨ºme identifi¨¦ cette d¨¦cision ¨¤ la...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT did not commit any error in procedure that affected the outcome of the case by partially denying the former staff member¡¯s motions for production of additional evidence or by not granting him sufficient additional time to respond to the Secretary-General¡¯s submissions.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT also concluded that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT appropriately identified the contested decision as the 1 April 2022 decision finding him ineligible to participate in ASHI. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT observed that the former staff member himself identified this decision in both his ±¬ÁÏÍøDT application and his management evaluation...

Le TANU a not¨¦ que l'agent s'¨¦tait livr¨¦ publiquement ¨¤ des actes de nature sexuelle dans un v¨¦hicule des Nations Unies clairement identifi¨¦, ce qui avait jet¨¦ le discr¨¦dit sur l'Organisation et cr¨¦¨¦ des difficult¨¦s avec le pays h?te.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il ne s'agissait pas d'une affaire dans laquelle les questions en jeu exigeaient que le TANU se prononce sur la cr¨¦dibilit¨¦ des t¨¦moignages contradictoires des parties ou des t¨¦moins et que l'absence d'audience du TANU n'avait pas influ¨¦ sur la d¨¦cision du TANU. L'±¬ÁÏÍøDT disposait d'un clip vid¨¦o montrant les actions en question, qui ¨¦taient...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT noted that the staff member publicly engaged in acts of a sexual nature in a clearly marked United Nations vehicle, bringing disrepute to the Organization and difficulties with the host country.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found that the case was not one where the issues required the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT¡¯s determination of the credibility of contradicting testimonies of parties or witnesses and the lack of a ±¬ÁÏÍøDT hearing had not affected its decision. The ±¬ÁÏÍøDT had before it a video clip depicting the actions in question, which were clearly of a sexual nature.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT agreed with the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT that the lawfulness of the...

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'±¬ÁÏÍøDT a pris en compte de mani¨¨re...

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

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que la demande de r¨¦vision de l'agent ne r¨¦pondait pas aux exigences statutaires ¨¦nonc¨¦es ¨¤ l'article 11, paragraphe 1, du statut du TANU. Il a estim¨¦ que les faits soulev¨¦s par l'agent ne lui ¨¦taient pas inconnus avant le prononc¨¦ de l'arr¨ºt du TANU et qu'en tout ¨¦tat de cause, ils n'auraient pas modifi¨¦ l'issue de l'affaire, qui a ¨¦t¨¦ jug¨¦e irrecevable. Le TANU a ¨¦galement estim¨¦ que les arguments de l'agent n'¨¦taient pas pertinents et a r¨¦it¨¦r¨¦ ceux qu'il avait d¨¦j¨¤ avanc¨¦s devant le TANU.

Le TANU a rejet¨¦ la demande de r¨¦vision.

Renvoi en mati¨¨re de responsabilit¨¦...

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 ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that Mr. Kankwenda, a late participant in the ±¬ÁÏÍøJSPF, 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 ±¬ÁÏÍøAT 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...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the staff member¡¯s application for revision failed to meet the statutory requirements outlined in Article 11(1) of the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT Statute. It found that the facts raised by the staff member were not unknown to him before the issuance of the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT Judgment and, in any event, would not have changed the outcome of the case, which was found to be not receivable. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT further held that the staff member¡¯s arguments were irrelevant and reiterated those he previously advanced before the ±¬ÁÏÍøAT.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT dismissed the application for revision.

Accountability Referral: The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT noted...