Judgment No. 79

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 01.12.1964
• Original: Français
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Armbruster
• Full judgment text (anglais) - Texte intégral du jugement

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations

Extract:

The acts criticised show that "the complainant was guilty of serious misconduct; moreover, even if they had concerned only his private life - which is not the case - these acts were of a nature to compromise the organization's reputation and thus legally to warrant summary dismissal [...] under the terms laid down" in the relevant provision. The fact that the complainant "was ill at the time and that special sick leave for officials is normally provided for [...] constitutes no obstacle to the enforcement of the said provision by the Director-General."

Keywords

termination of employment; serious misconduct; illness; conduct; organisation's reputation; outside activity; disciplinary measure; summary dismissal