Judgment No. 1076

• Organization: World Health Organization (WHO)
• Date: 29.01.1991
• Original: English
• Judges: Suffian, Carroll, Douglas
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations 3 and 7

Extract:

The complainant's application for transfer was refused. "Being discretionary, the decision may be set aside only if it was taken without authority [...]. The Tribunal will not quash a decision simply because the parties' respective interests might have been differently assessed."

Keywords

organisation; staff member's interest; request for transfer; judicial review; discretion; organisation's interest; refusal