Judgment No. 3021

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 06.07.2011
• Original: English
• Judges: Gaudron, Barbagallo, Hansen
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

1. The Director-General's decision of 5 March 2009 is set aside.
2. The FAO shall pay the complainant material damages in the sum of 4,000 euros.
3. It shall pay him moral damages in the sum of 8,000 euros.
4. The FAO shall also pay the complainant costs in the sum of 3,000 euros.
5. All other claims are dismissed.

Consideration 5

Extract:

Suspension of Commissary privileges.
"[T]he nature of a privilege is such that it may be suspended or withdrawn as an interim measure to prevent abuse even if there is no specific provision to that effect in the relevant rules."

Keywords

provisional decision; withdrawal of decision; staff regulations and rules; no provision; privileges and immunities