Judgment No. 2147

• Organization: International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)
• Date: 15.07.2002
• Original: English
• Judges: Gentot, Hugessen, Romero
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINTS ARE DISMISSED.

Consideration 8

Extract:

"[The] invocation of the so-called 'first in, last out' principle, in effect a sort of non-contractual seniority clause, is unsupported by any authority and is inimical to the merit principle which underlies the law of the international civil service."

Keywords

general principle; international civil service principles; seniority; output; satisfactory service; priority; termination of employment