Judgment No. 1259

• Organization: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• Date: 14.07.1993
• Original: French
• Judges: Douglas, Razafindralambo, Gentot
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations 3-4

Extract:

The complainant objects to the non-renewal of his contract. The organization says his complaint is irreceivable. It does not deny that he sent a memorandum challenging the decision but argues that his internal appeal was not properly presented since he did not submit it to the Director-General himself. "That objection fails because the memorandum was correctly addressed to the Director of the Bureau of personnel, whom he asked to convey to the administration his decision to appeal. So it was incumbent on the Director to forward it to the Director-General."

Keywords

complaint; receivability of the complaint; formal requirements; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted