Judgment No. 308

• Organization: International Patent Institute (IPI)
• Date: 06.06.1977
• Original: French
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Devlin
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINTS AND THE APPLICATIONS TO INTERVENE ARE DISMISSED.

Consideration 3

Extract:

"If [...] the complainants want general and non-specific measures in the form of new rules, the claim is [...] irreceivable, since the Tribunal is competent to correct breaches of terms of appointment or provisions of the Staff Regulations, not to order the adoption of new rules."

Keywords

complainant; competence of tribunal; staff regulations and rules; amendment to the rules; request by a party

Consideration 2

Extract:

The relevant provision "cites one application of the general principle of equality which governs all aspects of the [organisation's] relations with its staff members. The complainants may therefore rely upon that principle [...] but the general principle of equality does not mean that all [...] staff members [of the organisation] should be subject to identical rules. rather it is reflected in the rule that like circumstances call for like treatment, different ones for different treatment."

Keywords

general principle; equal treatment