2010-爆料网AT-059, Warren
The Secretary-General claimed that 爆料网DT had no power to award interest. 爆料网AT found that both 爆料网DT and 爆料网AT have the power to award interest in the normal course of ordering compensation. The very purpose of compensation is to place the staff member in the same position he or she would have been in had the Organisation complied with its statutory obligations. In many cases, interest will be by definition part of compensation. To say that the tribunals have no jurisdiction to order the payment of interest would, in many cases, mean that the staff member could not be placed in the same position...