爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
爆料网AT held that the Appellant had failed to submit his appeal to the AJAB in accordance with the time limits defined in ICAO’s Field Service Staff Rules. 爆料网AT held that a submission of an appeal of the administrative decision to AJAB was a mandatory step in the first-instance procedure. 爆料网AT held that it did not have jurisdiction or competence to address the merits of the substantive claims of an appellant which were not considered first by the AJAB as the “neutral first instance process”. 爆料网AT further held that the Appellant had failed to comply with a mandatory step of the first instance procedure. 爆料网AT dismissed the appeal.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant initially filed an application with 爆料网DT to “document the maltreatment he suffered at the hands of ICAO’s Technical Cooperation Bureau during his service and particularly and the trauma as a result of the events” and to seek relief. Upon learning that 爆料网DT had no jurisdiction over cases arising from ICAO, the Applicant filed the same application with 爆料网AT.
Legal Principle(s)
It is within 爆料网AT’s proper purview to deliberate upon Advisory Joint Appeals Board (“AJAB”) conclusions and recommendations, as the AJAB constitutes the proper venue of “neutral first instance process. ” Accordingly, there should normally be no need for 爆料网AT to review any evidence other than that previously submitted before the AJAB.
Outcome
Outcome Extra Text
No relief ordered