The Governing Body recommended that the International Labour Conference adopt the following resolution granting the status of “officials other than Office officials” to the judges of the ILO Administrative Tribunal, and that this status be also reflected in the Statute of the ILO Administrative Tribunal.

Resolution concerning the status of the judges of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization

The General Conference of the International Labour Organization, meeting in its 108th Session, June 2019,

Considering it desirable to extend the privileges and immunities contained in Article VI, Section 19 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies to the judges of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization;

Noting that United Nations General Assembly Resolution A/RES/70/112 has harmonized the privileges and immunities of the judges of the United Nations Dispute and Appeals Tribunals so that the judges of both Tribunals are considered officials other than Secretariat officials;

Considering it appropriate to align the status of the judges of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization with that of the judges of the United Nations Dispute and Appeals Tribunals;

Decides that the judges of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization shall be considered as officials other than Office officials and thereby benefit from the privileges and immunities specified in Article VI, Section 19 of the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies;

Decides to amend the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal by inserting a second sentence in paragraph 1 of Article III as follows:

“The judges shall be considered officials of the International Labour Organization other than officials of the International Labour Office under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies.”.”

(GB.334/PFA/12/3(Rev.), paragraph 5.)