Judgment No. 199

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 14.05.1973
• Original: English
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations

Extract:

"It is clear that the organization has acted strictly in accordance with the regulations as they were on [...] the date when the complainant was promoted [...] It is clear also that it would have been for the personal benefit of the complainant if the promotion had been delayed until after the change in the regulations had taken effect" [one month later]. The Tribunal can see no grounds for interfering with the impugned decision.

Keywords

effective date; non-retroactivity; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; enforcement; provision; promotion; date