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Judgment No. 3777

Decision

1. The impugned decision dated 19 May 2014 is set aside.
2. The complainant’s first complaint is dismissed.
3. The complainant’s harassment complaint is remitted to the ILO to be referred to a Commission of Inquiry within thirty days of the public delivery of this judgment.
4. The ILO shall pay the complainant 15,000 euros in moral damages.
5. The ILO shall pay the complainant costs in the amount of 750 euros.
6. All other claims are dismissed.

Summary

The complainant challenges the decision to dismiss his allegations of harassment and his performance appraisal for 2011 to 2013.

Judgment keywords

Keywords

complaint allowed; decision quashed; harassment

Consideration 1

Extract:

As the two complaints impugn the same decision, they are joined and will be the subject of a single judgment.

Keywords

joinder

Consideration 15

Extract:

These allegations have been detailed as, even given the responses of the complainant’s responsible chief, they provide with some of the complainant’s other allegations, a case which required further investigation and consideration and should have been referred to a Commission of Inquiry for the conduct of an inquiry. For the omission to refer the matter to a Commission of Inquiry, the complainant will be awarded moral damages [...].

Keywords

moral injury; harassment

Consideration 7

Extract:

The Tribunal stated the following in Judgment 3692, consideration 18:
“In Judgment 2552, under 3, the Tribunal stated that when an accusation of harassment is made, an international organisation must investigate the matter thoroughly and accord full due process and protection to the person accused. The organisation’s duty to a person who makes a claim of harassment requires that the claim be investigated both promptly and thoroughly, that the facts be determined objectively and in their overall context (see Judgment 2524), that the law be applied correctly, that due process be observed and that the person claiming, in good faith, to have been harassed not be stigmatised or victimised on that account (see Judgments 1376, under 19, 2642, under 8, and 3085, under 26).
Furthermore, the question as to whether harassment has occurred must be determined in the light of a thorough examination of all the objective circumstances surrounding the events complained of. An allegation of harassment must be borne out by specific acts, the burden of proof being on the person who pleads it, but there is no need to prove that the accused person acted with intent (see Judgments 2100, under 13, 2524, under 25, and 3233, under 6, and the case law cited therein).” See also Judgment 3065, consideration 10.

Reference(s)

Jugement(s) TAOIT: 3692

Keywords

harassment



 
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