��DT/2021/089

��AT Held or ��DT Pronouncements

��DT noted that the Applicant did not assert any right acquired in terms of his previous contract of employment with the Organization. ��DT held that there was no nexus between the Applicant��s former employment and the contested decision. ��DT held that the Applicant did not have standing and that the application was not receivable ratione personae. ��DT rejected the application in its entirety.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

The Applicant contested the decision of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar to declare him ineligible as a candidate, on the basis of his age, for a Senior Legal Officer position and consequently to exclude him from the recruitment process.

Legal Principle(s)

��DT ordinarily does not have authority to receive applications by inter alia job applicants alleging illegality, unfairness or discrimination in the recruitment process.

Outcome

Dismissed as not receivable

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