Judgment No. 170

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 17.11.1970
• Original: French
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Consideration 4

Extract:

"Since they constitute serious misconduct within the meaning of [the applicable provision], the misappropriations attributed to the complainant justify his dismissal in accordance with that provision."

Keywords

termination of employment; serious misconduct; conduct

Consideration 3

Extract:

"Even assuming that the project manager was at fault, the complainant's guilt is not thereby ruled out. [I]n short, all the circumstances of the case suggest that the complainant's guilt should be regarded as established with a probability approaching certainty."

Keywords

evidence; conduct; standard of proof