Decision on the tenth item on the agenda: Matters relating to the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO Withdrawal of the recognition of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction by the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Record of decisions | 02 November 2016

Decision on the tenth item on the agenda: Matters relating to the Administrative Tribunal of the ILO

Withdrawal of the recognition of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction by the Permanent Court of Arbitration

The Governing Body:

(a) took note of the intention of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) to discontinue its recognition of the jurisdiction of the Administrative Tribunal following the revision of its Staff Rules and Directives dated 1 July 2016;

(b) confirmed that the PCA would no longer be subject to the competence of the Tribunal with effect from 1 November 2016, except as regards the complaint (Case AT-5-3895) pending before the Tribunal;

(c) requested the Director-General to follow up with the PCA secretariat regarding the payment of any outstanding costs.

(Document GB.328/PFA/10, paragraph 7.)