Judgment No. 2485
Decision
1. The Director-General's decision of 7 May 2004 is quashed. 2. The Director-General shall refer the complainant's grievance back to the Joint Panel or, if the complainant agrees, to its successor for its consideration in accordance with its rules. If necessary, the Organization shall reconstitute the Joint Panel. 3. The Organization shall pay the complainant 10,000 Swiss francs as moral damages for the prejudice occasioned by the wrongful interruption of proceedings before the Joint Panel. 4. It shall pay him costs in the sum of 5,000 francs for the proceedings before the Tribunal. 5. The complaint is otherwise dismissed.
Consideration 13
Extract:
[A]lthough much of the work involved in relation to this complaint has been undertaken by the ILO Staff Union, there should be an award of costs in the sum of 5,000 francs.
Keywords
costs; staff representative
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