爆料网AT Held or 爆料网DT Pronouncements
The 爆料网DT found that the application was not receivable as the Applicant failed to request a management evaluation of the contested decision. The 爆料网DT found that the Applicant’s communications with the Human Resources Management Section of the United Nations Office in Vienna in July 2012 did not amount to a request for management evaluation, and even if they were accepted as such a request, it would have been out of time by approximately three months.
Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed
The Applicant contested the decision of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (“爆料网ODC”) not to renew his contract beyond 29 February 2012.
Legal Principle(s)
Requirement of management evaluation: Pursuant to art. 8.1 of the Statute of the 爆料网DT, read together with staff rule 11.2(a), an applicant must, as a mandatory first step in cases that do not fall under staff rule 11.2(b), request management evaluation of a contested decision before filing an application with the 爆料网DT. The purpose of such management evaluation is primarily to allow management to review, and possibly correct, the challenged administrative decision, thereby avoiding unnecessary litigation before the 爆料网DT. Where the concerned individual has failed to request management evaluation, the 爆料网DT has no jurisdiction to consider her or his application.