Judgment No. 1192
Decision
1. THE ORGANIZATION SHALL PAY EACH OF THE COMPLAINANTS 250 UNITED STATES DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FOR THE REASONS STATED IN 6 ABOVE.
2. IT SHALL PAY MR. MADAN A FURTHER $250 IN DAMAGES FOR THE REASONS STATED IN 12 ABOVE.
3. THE ORGANIZATION SHALL PAY THE COMPLAINANTS $250 IN COSTS.
4. THE COMPLAINANTS' OTHER CLAIMS ARE DISMISSED.
5. THE INTERVENERS SHALL HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS THE COMPLAINANTS INSOFAR AS THEY ARE IN LIKE CASE IN LAW AND IN FACT.
Consideration 11
Extract:
"The complainants object to the delay in handling their case throughout, from the lodging of their appeals with the Regional Boards of Appeal until the case reached the Director-General. The Tribunal holds that the time the proceedings took, though long, did not amount to any wilful disregard of the complainants' rights but was accounted for by the large number of appeals and the complexity of the issues."
Keywords
procedure before the tribunal; internal appeals body; administrative delay; internal appeal
Consideration 13
Extract:
One of the complainants "asks the Tribunal to 'admonish/censure the concerned staff officers of WHO' for a behaviour he describes and reproves. Such claims betray an utter misconception of the Tribunal's competence: suffice it to observe that the Tribunal will not declare what policies an organisation should adopt in future or hand out reprimands."
Keywords
tribunal; competence of tribunal; vested competence; judicial review
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