Chapter V. Decisions of Administrative Tribunals of the United Nations and related intergovernmental organizations
UNITED NATIONS
JURIDICAL YEARBOOK
Extract from:
Chapter V. Decisions of administrative tribunals of the United Nations and related
intergovernmental organizations
1982
Part Two. Legal activities of the United Nations and related intergovernmental
organizations
Copyright (c) United Nations
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER
IV.
TREATIES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL
LAW
CONCLUDED UNDER
THE
AUSPICES
OF THE
UNITED NATIONS
AND
RELATED
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS
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CHAPTER
V.
DECISIONS
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNALS
OF THE
UNITED NATIONS
AND
RELATED
INTERGOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATIONS
A.
DECISIONS
OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
TRIBUNAL
OF THE
UNITED
NATIONS
1.
Judgement
No. 289 (14 May
1982):
Talan
v. the
Secretary-General
of the
United
Nations
Request
for
compensation
for
damages caused
by the
delay
in the
payment
of
the
life
insurance
benefits—The
Applicant sought relief
in
accordance with
article
2,
paragraph
2(b)
of the
statute
of the
Tribunal—Application
of
staff
rule
206.2—Assessment
of the
damages sustained
by the
Applicant
as a
result
of the
delay caused
by the
negligence
of the
Respondent's
services—
Argument
of the
Applicant based
on the
decline during
the
delay
in the
rate
of
exchange
of the
United States dollar
vis-à-vis
the
French
franc-
Obligation
to
compensate
by the
payment
of
interest
for the
damage
re-
sulting
from
undue delay
in the
payment
of a sum of
money—Claim
for
compensation
for
moral damage
142
2.
Judgement
No. 300 (15
October
1982):
Sheye
v. the
Secretary-General
of the
United
Nations
Suspension without
pay of a
staff
member
and
non-renewal
of his fixed-term
appointment—Mitigation
by the
Respondent, acting
on the
recommendations
of
the
Joint Appeals Board,
of the
disciplinary measure imposed
on the
Applicant—The
Secretary-General's authority
in
disciplinary
matters-
Request
for
rescission
of the
decision
not to
renew
the
Applicant's
fixed-
term
appointment—The
circumstances
did not
create
a
legal expectancy
of
renewal
of the
Applicant's appointment
143
B.
DECISIONS
OF THE
ADMINISTRATIVE
TRIBUNAL
OF THE
INTERNATIONAL
LABOUR
ORGANISATION
1.
Judgement
No. 477 (28
January 1982):
Schaffter
v.
Central
Office
for
Interna-
tional Railway Transport
Claim
to
payment
of the
non-resident's allowance prescribed
in
article
17 of the
staff
regulations—Purpose
of the
non-resident's
allowance—Factual
and
legal status
of the
complainant's stay
in
Switzerland—Reasons
do not
necessarily have
to be
given
for a
decision
145
2.
Judgement
No. 479 (28
January 1982):
de
Alarcon
v.
World Health Organization
Objection
to the
method
of
computing compensation
for
significant
loss
of
func-
tions
and of
earning capacity arising
in the
course
of
short-term
employment—Deduction
of the
retirement pension payable
by the
staff
member's
former employer unauthorized
because
the
pension
was not
paid
in
respect
of the
same series
of
circumstances—Claims
for an
allowance
in
respect
of
inflation
and for
interest
146
3.
Judgement
No. 493 (3
June
1982):
Volz
v.
European Organization
for the
Safety
of Air
Navigation
Non-renewal
of
short-term
appointment—Tribunal
competent under article
92 of
the
general conditions
of
employment—Complaint
receivable since
filed
within
the
time-limit
set in
article
VII of the
statute
of the
Tribunal—As
a
rule
Tribunal does
not
apply municipal
law—The
renewal
of a
short-term
appointment
is a
matter
for the
Director-General's
discretion
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