Judgment No. 151

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 26.05.1970
• Original: French
• Judges: Letourneur, Grisel, Markose
• Full judgment text - Full judgment text (french)

Decision

THE COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED.

Considerations

Extract:

The Director-General has the authority "to assign the staff members responsible to him in the best interest of the organization. The authority enjoyed by the chief of the organization in this respect affords him a wide field of discretion which the Tribunal can review only in specified cases."

Keywords

assignment; transfer; judicial review; discretion; organisation's interest