爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT affirmed the 爆料网DT findings that there was no flaw in the procedure used by the Staff Management Coordinating Committee to select the staff representative on the IJC. 爆料网AT also affirmed the 爆料网DT judgments rejecting the staff member’s allegations of conflict of interest on the part of the 爆料网DT judges. 爆料网AT further rejected the staff member’s request that 爆料网AT judges recuse themselves from the hearing of the appeal, noting the limited role of the IJC in the appointment of the 爆料网AT judges and the lack of any professional relationship between the person appointed as a staff representative and the judges. As for the request that 爆料网AT be dissolved, 爆料网AT held that it lacks the statutory authority to dissolve 爆料网AT which is a body created by the General Assembly.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The staff member contested a) the decision not to nominate him as a staff representative on the IJC and b) all decisions taken by the IJC which he alleged was illegally constituted. He also filed several motions to have the judges of 爆料网DT recuse themselves on the ground that they all had a conflict of interest by having been recruited and recommended by the IJC for judicial appointment. 爆料网DT rejected the staff member’s applications.
Legal Principle(s)
The judges of 爆料网DT and 爆料网AT are not appointed by the IJC, whose mandate is limited to identifying and recommending potential judicial candidates to the General Assembly.