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  • Judgment 533


    49th Session, 1982
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    To infer a decision to dismiss where no final decision has been taken within the sixty days would greatly broaden the scope of Article VII, paragraph 3, particularly when the internal appeals body has no set time limits. "In such case Article VII[3], which is presumably to be treated as covering the exception, would in fact become the rule. Moreover, to broaden the scope of paragraph 3 would unduly restrict that of paragraph 1, which requires the complainant to exhaust the internal means of redress."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 3, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; exception; failure to answer claim; iloat statute; implied decision; internal remedies exhausted; provision; time limit;

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    "Before coming to the Tribunal again the complainant should await the Appeals Committee's report and the President's final decision. But he need not wait indefinitely. He may appeal directly to the Tribunal if one of two conditions is fulfilled: if the appeals body fails to report and there are grounds for believing that it will not do so within a reasonable lapse of time; or else if the President fails to take a final decision within sixty days of receiving the Appeals Body's report."

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time;

    Considerations 4-5

    Extract:

    The complainant had filed an internal appeal. He could have appealed against an implied decision to dismiss his claim, since the only communication which he had received was wholly informative and without legal effect. He then asked for confirmation of the rejection. The President's reply did constitute an express decision, the appeal was passed on to an advisory body. At that point, the complaint becomes irreceivable. There is no longer an implied decision to challenge, and the internal means of redress have not been exhausted.

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; express decision; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted;



  • Judgment 532


    49th Session, 1982
    European Patent Organisation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    Vide Judgment 533, consideration 5.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT Judgment(s): 533

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; failure to answer claim; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time;

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    Vide Judgment 533, consideration 3.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 3, OF THE STATUTE
    ILOAT Judgment(s): 533

    Keywords:

    exception; failure to answer claim; iloat statute; implied decision; internal remedies exhausted; provision; time limit;

    Considerations 4-5

    Extract:

    Vide Judgment 533, considerations 4 and 5.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT Judgment(s): 533

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; express decision; failure to answer claim; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted;



  • Judgment 502


    48th Session, 1982
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Summary

    Extract:

    The complainant suffers from illnesses which, he alleges, are due to his duties in the organization. Before appealing to the Tribunal, he should have exhausted the internal remedies and appealed to the Advisory Committee; that step was left out and the complaint is therefore not receivable. The complainant is still entitled to put his claims forward at the administrative level. For that purpose the parties need only designate the members of the Medical Board provided for in the Rules.

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; case sent back to organisation; illness; internal remedies exhausted; medical board; receivability of the complaint; service-incurred;



  • Judgment 500


    48th Session, 1982
    European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    "It does not appear that [the complainant] did appeal to the Director-General [as required under the applicable provisions]. His counsel may have written letters to the Director-General but the evidence does not show that they filed any claim in the proper sense of an appeal seeking the quashing or amendment of a decision. No internal appeal having been made and the internal means of redress not being exhausted, the claims are irreceivable."

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; formal requirements; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 499


    48th Session, 1982
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations

    Extract:

    "Article VII[1] does not lay down an absolute rule. A complainant may abandon the internal proceedings even before a decision is taken and may appeal directly to the Tribunal when the appeals body fails to report and there is no reason to suppose from the evidence that it is likely to do so within a reasonable period. But it must be quite clear from the evidence that there is no decision, and only in quite exceptional cases will the Tribunal find that the condition is met."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    exception; failure to answer claim; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint; time limit;

    Considerations

    Extract:

    "The time limit for filing a complaint is ninety days, either after the notification of the express decision or from the expiry of the sixty-day time limit allowed for the taking of a decision by the organisation."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 3, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    case sent back to organisation; failure to answer claim; further submissions on the merits; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint; time limit;

    Considerations

    Extract:

    In May the complainant made known his intention to appeal against the transfer. The Director-General replied that he was willing to refer the matter to the Joint Committee. In August the administration said the Director-General, who was absent, had received a recommendation to that effect. In September it told the complainant that the matter would be put to the Committee. "These shifting attitudes, which in the end came to nothing and spanned four months, constitute exceptional circumstances and warranted a direct complaint to the Tribunal."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; direct appeal to tribunal; exception; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 496


    48th Session, 1982
    Pan American Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 4

    Extract:

    The complainants appealed to the internal board and then, without awaiting the outcome of the proceedings, to the Tribunal. By applying directly to the Tribunal "the complainants [...] obviously had no intention of abandoning their appeal; their wish was to expedite the hearing. As a matter of procedure they made a mistake in asking for the case to be withdrawn, but the situation was unprecedented and it was one to which the inactivity of the organization had contributed. A procedural error should not in this instance be held against the complainants."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; direct appeal to tribunal; flaw; internal remedies exhausted; procedural flaw; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 489


    48th Session, 1982
    World Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations

    Extract:

    The time limit does not run from the date of the two communications from the organization which said that the complainants request was still under review, and they therefore did not constitute final rejection of his claim. "An appeal against either of those replies was therefore premature, the [organization] not having taken, by [the date when the internal appeal was filed], any final decision expressly rejecting the complainant's request." The Director-General was correct in deciding that the complainant's internal appeal was irreceivable. The complaint is dismissed.

    Keywords:

    absence of final decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 473


    47th Session, 1982
    European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations

    Extract:

    The officials in question, who have applied to intervene, have rights which may be affected by the judgment to be given [...] even though they have not filed a claim with the organisation. Their applications are receivable.

    Keywords:

    cause of action; internal remedies exhausted; intervention; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 466


    47th Session, 1982
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    "Although there was no internal appeal, there has been no breach of Article VII[1] of the Statute of the Tribunal, which the organisation itself believes to be inapplicable to this case." The organisation pointed out that the usual internal remedies were not applicable inasmuch as there was a special procedure involving a reports board which had expressed its opinion on the case. The filing of an internal appeal would probably not have affected the outcome of the complainant's situation.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    exception; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; performance report; procedure before the tribunal;



  • Judgment 456


    46th Session, 1981
    World Tourism Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations 1-2

    Extract:

    The ninety-day time limit set in Article VII, paragraph 2, of the Statute of the Tribunal will run from the date of expiry of the sixty-day time limit set in paragraph 3. The text of Article VII, paragraph 3, expressly provides for the addition of the two time limits and thus renders irreceivable any complaint filed after the expiry of the 150 days.

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPHS 2 AND 3, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    iloat statute; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; start of time limit; time limit;



  • Judgment 452


    46th Session, 1981
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    Only claims made to the internal appeals body and, when appropriate, implicit claims, satisfy the obligation to exhaust the internal means of resisting a decision. Claims first made directly to the Tribunal are not receivable.

    Keywords:

    complaint; internal remedies exhausted; new claim; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 451


    46th Session, 1981
    Pan American Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 10

    Extract:

    When an appeals body cannot examine a case "in the second instance" because no decision had been taken by the lower body, there is no obligation on an appellant to explore ways of putting pressure on the latter to discharge its duty. The complaint is receivable.

    Keywords:

    consequence; failure to answer claim; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;

    Consideration 8

    Extract:

    "The rule that a complaint shall be receivable only if the internal means of redress have been exhausted is not a hard and fast one even though the Statute does not allow any derogation from it. If a complainant does all in her power to procure a decision and if nevertheless the internal appeals body either by its statements or by its conduct evinces an intention not to give a decision within a reasonable period, justice requires that an exception should be made. [...] When the delay is inordinate and inexcusable, such an intention can be inferred."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; failure to answer claim; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; reasonable time; receivability of the complaint; time limit;



  • Judgment 435


    45th Session, 1980
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    "This rule means, first, that the complaint to the Tribunal must rely on the same essential facts, i.e. issues, as those relied on in the internal appeal proceedings and, secondly, that the complainant's claims must not exceed in scope the claims he submitted in those proceedings. There is nothing, however, to prevent him from making submissions which he did not make in the internal proceedings. Since the Tribunal will apply the law proprio motu, there is no reason to forbid the complainant to draw to its attention considerations which it may take into account of its own accord."

    Keywords:

    application of law ex officio; complaint; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; new claim; new plea; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 429


    45th Session, 1980
    European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    "The requirement that the internal means of redress should have been exhausted means that a complaint will be irreceivable if its scope is wider than that of the claims which were submitted to the internal appeal bodies. There is no need, however, for the pleas submitted to the Tribunal to have been put to those bodies. A complainant does not, merely by developing the case he put to the internal bodies, alter the scope of review by the Tribunal, which will apply the law proprio motu. The scope of review will alter only if the complainant submits new claims to the Tribunal."

    Keywords:

    complaint; internal remedies exhausted; new claim; new plea; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 423


    45th Session, 1980
    European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 5

    Extract:

    When a staff member seeks further information and explanations on a decision which the organisation has notified to him, there is reason to believe that his own opinion differs from the organisation's. But merely to state that there is absence of agreement will not suffice to constitute a complaint. The internal means of appeal, which require that a complaint is submitted to the competent authority, were not exhausted when the complaint was filed; the complaint is dismissed.

    Keywords:

    condition; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 421


    45th Session, 1980
    International Labour Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Facts (D)

    Extract:

    "the [organisation] observes that the complainant filed his complaint before the 60 days specified in article vii, paragraph 3, of the statute of the tribunal had expired. since, however, the 60 days have now elapsed and he has not yet had a decision taken on his claim, the [organisation] will not contest the receivability of his complaint."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII PARAGRAPH 3 OF THE ILOAT STATUTE

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; failure to answer claim; implied decision; internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint; time limit;



  • Judgment 408


    44th Session, 1980
    Pan American Health Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 2

    Extract:

    "Although the organization's attitude was open to reproach, the complainants were not on that account entitled to forgo a decision from the [Appeals] Board. The organization may have been remiss, but the Board was still able to hear the appeal. If it could not get a prompt response to its requests for [disclosure], its function was to decide on the evidence which it did have and, if it saw fit, to decide against the organization in the matters under dispute. In short, there were no valid grounds for divesting it of an appeal which it was in no way prevented from hearing."

    Keywords:

    direct appeal to tribunal; internal appeals body; internal remedies exhausted;

    Consideration 4

    Extract:

    "The decision in this case turns at least as much on appraisal of oral statements as on that of written evidence, and the Tribunal would be hard put to pass judgment without knowing the [Appeals] Board's views. The appeal to the Board is therefore no empty formality."

    Keywords:

    internal appeal; internal appeals body; internal remedies exhausted; purpose; recommendation; tribunal;

    Consideration 3

    Extract:

    "Doubtless [the internal appeals body] showed the organization too much forbearance. [...] Yet the evidence casts no doubt on its willingness to hear the appeal before it. [...] While the complainants were lodging their complaints with the Tribunal the [Appeals] Board was on the point of giving a decision. In the circumstances there are no grounds for allowing any derogation from the rule that the internal means of redress shall have been exhausted."

    Keywords:

    administrative delay; exception; internal appeal; internal appeals body; internal remedies exhausted; late decision;

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    "According to Article VII, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Tribunal a complaint shall be receivable only if the internal means of redress provided in the Staff Regulations have been exhausted. That rule requires the complainant not just to appeal to an internal body but to await the decision on his appeal before filing a complaint."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    condition; iloat statute; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 398


    43rd Session, 1980
    European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Considerations 2-3

    Extract:

    The Staff Regulations provide for two means of redress: requests and complaints. The "request" in question showed the characteristics of a complaint. The prescribed time limit having obviously expired, the Director declared the complainant's application time-barred. When she filed a further complaint, it was proper for him to uphold his earlier decision.

    Keywords:

    internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; receivability of the complaint; time bar; time limit;



  • Judgment 397


    43rd Session, 1980
    International Telecommunication Union
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 1

    Extract:

    The organisation maintains that the complaint is irreceivable because the Internal Board ought not to have heard the appeal and the means of redress open to the complainant were not duly exhausted. "Although the Appeal Board did not comply strictly with the letter of the rules of procedure, it did, as it states, respect their spirit. [...] The Appeal Board must be allowed some discretion in construing the internal rules of procedure and therefore cannot be taken to task for breach of those rules."

    Keywords:

    internal appeal; internal appeals body; internal remedies exhausted; mistaken hearing of merits; procedure before the tribunal; receivability of the complaint;



  • Judgment 364


    41st Session, 1978
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
    Extracts: EN, FR
    Full Judgment Text: EN, FR

    Consideration 8

    Extract:

    Under Article VII, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Tribunal, "a complaint shall not be receivable unless the person concerned has exhausted such other means of resisting it as are open to him in the applicable staff regulations. This means that where, as here, the Staff Regulations provide for an appeal committee, the person concerned must bring his complaint before that body within the time limits allowed by the regulation. Thus the question for the tribunal is whether the Appeals Board was right in rejecting the complaint on the ground that it was not brought before it in due time."

    Reference(s)

    ILOAT reference: ARTICLE VII, PARAGRAPH 1, OF THE STATUTE

    Keywords:

    internal appeal; internal remedies exhausted; judicial review; receivability of the complaint; time bar; time limit;

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