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The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found no error in the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT¡¯s reliance on the communication between the staff member and her attorney when it established that she had submitted false information in her claims for reimbursement for medical expenses. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT noted that her attorney had voluntarily submitted the privileged document as an attachment to her application. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT observed that she had not imposed any limitations or reservations on the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT¡¯s use of the document and had referred to it on multiple occasions in the course of the proceedings. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT agreed that she had waived her right to confidentiality...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'±¬ÁÏÍøDT avait correctement identifi¨¦ le PNUD comme le d¨¦fendeur dans la pr¨¦sente affaire, car c'est le PNUD qui g¨¦rait le poste de l'agent et qui ¨¦tait donc son employeur. Le TANU a estim¨¦ que la demande de l'agent ¨¦tait pr¨¦matur¨¦e parce qu'il l'avait d¨¦pos¨¦e avant d'avoir re?u la r¨¦ponse de l'¨¦valuation de la gestion, ou du moins avant l'expiration du d¨¦lai de r¨¦ception de cette r¨¦ponse. Le TANU a ¨¦galement conclu que la r¨¦ponse ¨¤ l'¨¦valuation de la gestion ne constituait pas la d¨¦cision administrative contest¨¦e.
Le TANU a rejet¨¦ l'appel et confirm¨¦ le jugement n¡ã ±¬ÁÏÍøDT...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT correctly identified ±¬ÁÏÍøDP as the respondent in the present case because it was ±¬ÁÏÍøDP that administered the staff member¡¯s position and was therefore his employer. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found that the staff member¡¯s application was premature because he filed it before receiving the management evaluation response, or at least before the expiration of the delay for receiving that response. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT also concluded that the management evaluation response did not constitute the contested administrative decision.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT dismissed the appeal and affirmed Judgment No. ±¬ÁÏÍøDT/2023/036...

Le Tribunal d'appel a estim¨¦ que le TDFNU n'avait pas commis d'erreur en consid¨¦rant que le responsable du recrutement avait correctement ¨¦valu¨¦ que les certificats que la candidate s¨¦lectionn¨¦e avait mentionn¨¦s dans sa notice personnelle ¨¦taient ¨¦quivalents ¨¤ une certification Lean Six Sigma (LSS). L'une des exigences en mati¨¨re de formation pour le poste ¨¦tait la certification LSS ou une ? certification ¨¦quivalente ?. En l'esp¨¨ce, le Tribunal a conclu ¨¤ juste titre que le responsable du recrutement avait correctement ¨¦valu¨¦ que les certificats que la candidate s¨¦lectionn¨¦e avait mentionn¨¦s...

The Appeals Tribunal found that the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT did not err in holding that the Hiring Manager had correctly assessed that the certificates the selected candidate had listed in her Personal History Profile (PHP) were equivalent to a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) Certification. One of the educational requirements for the position was the LSS certification or an ¡°equivalent certification¡±. In the present case, the ±¬ÁÏÍøDT correctly concluded that the Hiring Manager had properly assessed that the certificates the selected candidate had listed in her PHP were equivalent to an LSS certification, as required for...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'agent avait eu amplement l'occasion de commenter son transfert lat¨¦ral. Le TANU a not¨¦ qu'elle avait ¨¦t¨¦ inform¨¦e de la recommandation de la s¨¦parer de son premier sup¨¦rieur hi¨¦rarchique, contre lequel elle avait d¨¦pos¨¦ une plainte pour conduite prohib¨¦e, et qu'elle avait eu l'occasion d'exprimer ses pr¨¦occupations.
Le TANU a reconnu que les responsabilit¨¦s et les fonctions du nouveau poste correspondaient aux comp¨¦tences, aux aptitudes et ¨¤ l'exp¨¦rience de l'agent. Le TANU a estim¨¦ qu'il n'y avait pas eu de risque accru pour sa s¨¦curit¨¦ d'emploi future et qu'elle n...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the staff member had had ample opportunity to comment on her lateral transfer. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT noted that she had been aware of the recommendation to separate her from her First Reporting Officer, against whom she had made a complaint of prohibited conduct, and had had the opportunity to voice her concerns and also had been informed of the reassignment decision nearly a month before she took up the new post.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT accepted that the responsibilities and job functions of the new post had been commensurate with the staff member¡¯s competence, skills, and experience. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found...

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 estim¨¦ que le DT de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA avait commis une erreur en regroupant les sept affaires. Les affaires consolid¨¦es impliquaient des d¨¦cisions administratives uniques, et ces d¨¦cisions n'impliquaient ni une politique administrative commune, ni un ensemble de faits communs. La nature des fautes attribu¨¦es aux membres du personnel n'¨¦tait pas la m¨ºme dans tous les cas. Les cas concernaient des membres du personnel de diff¨¦rents bureaux locaux de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA. Les mesures disciplinaires prises n'¨¦taient pas identiques d'un cas ¨¤ l'autre, mais comprenaient un large ¨¦ventail de sanctions. Les...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT erred in consolidating the seven cases. The consolidated cases involved unique administrative decisions, and those decisions involved neither a common administrative policy nor a common set of facts. The nature of the misconduct attributed to the staff members was not similar among the cases. The cases concerned staff from different ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA field offices. The disciplinary measures taken were not identical among the cases, but included a wide range of penalties. The standards of proof for the misconduct alleged in case varied.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT disagreed with the...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que M. Safi ne s'¨¦tait pas acquitt¨¦ de la charge qui lui incombait d'identifier en quoi et pour quelles raisons le DT de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA avait commis une erreur dans son jugement. M. Safi s'est content¨¦ de r¨¦it¨¦rer les m¨ºmes arguments que ceux qu'il avait pr¨¦sent¨¦s dans sa requ¨ºte au tribunal de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA. Le TANU a d¨¦clar¨¦ qu'il ne lui appartenait pas de r¨¦examiner le cas de l'agent et que, par cons¨¦quent, son recours devait ¨ºtre rejet¨¦. Le TANU a ¨¦galement observ¨¦ que le DT de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA avait tir¨¦ des conclusions raisonnables de son vaste exercice d'¨¦tablissement des faits et qu'il...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that Mr. Safi failed to discharge his burden in identifying in what respect and for what reasons the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT erred in its Judgment. Mr. Safi merely reiterated the same arguments that he had presented in his application to the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT stated that it is not its role to reexamine the staff member¡¯s case anew, and accordingly, his appeal must fail. The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT also observed that the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT drew reasonable inferences from its extensive fact-finding exercise and delivered a well-reasoned judgment.

The appeal was dismissed, and Judgment No. ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA/DT/2023/011 was...

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 not¨¦ que le DT de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA avait ordonn¨¦ ¨¤ chaque partie de d¨¦signer un psychiatre, qui ¨¤ son tour devait d¨¦signer un troisi¨¨me psychiatre pour examiner si l'¨¦tat mental de l'agent au moment o¨´ il a commis le cambriolage, dont la condamnation avait ¨¦t¨¦ le motif de sa s¨¦paration dans l'int¨¦r¨ºt de l'Agence. Le Commissaire g¨¦n¨¦ral n'a pas respect¨¦ cette instruction, sans explication, laissant ainsi le DT de l'±¬ÁÏÍøRWA sans information m¨¦dicale sur l'¨¦tat de AAW au moment du cambriolage.
Le TANU a estim¨¦ que le Commissaire g¨¦n¨¦ral avait clairement et manifestement abus¨¦ de la proc¨¦dure par...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT noted that the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT had ordered each party to nominate a psychiatrist, who in turn were to designate a third psychiatrist to review whether the staff member¡¯s mental condition at the time he committed the burglary, sentencing for which had been the grounds for his separation in the interest of the Agency.The Commissioner-General failed to comply with this instruction, without explanation, thereby leaving the ±¬ÁÏÍøRWA DT with no medical information about AAW's condition at the time of the burglary.

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT found that the Commissioner-General had clearly and manifestly abused the...

Le TANU a estim¨¦ que l'administration avait fourni une analyse approfondie et d¨¦taill¨¦e des facteurs ¨¤ prendre en consid¨¦ration dans le contexte disciplinaire. Il s'agit notamment de la pratique ant¨¦rieure de l'Organisation dans des affaires comparables, de la gravit¨¦ de la faute, du caract¨¨re accidentel, n¨¦gligent, imprudent ou d¨¦lib¨¦r¨¦ de la conduite, de la question de savoir si l'agent a suivi les proc¨¦dures et s'il ¨¦tait conscient de sa conduite, de la question de savoir si, compte tenu de l'exp¨¦rience de l'agent, la faute ¨¦tait mineure, substantielle ou grave, du risque de pr¨¦judice pour...

The ±¬ÁÏÍøAT held that the Administration provided a thorough and detailed analysis of the factors required to be considered in the disciplinary context. This included : the past practice of the Organization in comparable matters, the seriousness of the misconduct; whether the conduct was accidental, careless, reckless, or deliberate; whether the staff member followed procedures and was self-aware of the conduct; whether, given the staff member¡¯s experience, the misconduct was minor, substantive, or severe; the risk of damage to the Organization and staff; as well as any mitigating factors.

The...

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...