Judgment No. 2025

• Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Date: 31.01.2001
• Original: Français
• Judges: Ba, Gentot, Egli
• Full judgment text (anglais) - Texte intégral du jugement

Decision

1. THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S DECISION OF 24 SEPTEMBER 1999 IS SET ASIDE INSOFAR AS IT DENIES THE COMPLAINANT ALL REDRESS.
2. THE FAO SHALL PAY THE COMPLAINANT THE SUM OF 4,000 UNITED STATES DOLLARS IN COMPENSATION.
3. IT SHALL PAY HIM 1,500 DOLLARS IN COSTS.
4. HIS OTHER CLAIMS ARE DISMISSED.

Consideration 10

Extract:

The complaint was transferred to the field against his liking. At the end of the internal procedure, the organisation decided to reassign him to Headquarters. "It thereby admitted [...] that it had failed to assess the complainant's circumstances with the care required by administrative decisions that affect its staff. That in itself warrants the conclusion that, even though his assignment [to Headquarters] met the complainant's wishes in part, it did not fully make up for the injury caused by his transfer [to the field]. Consequently [...] the Director-General was wrong not to award him the compensation he had claimed."

Keywords

injury; field; headquarters; internal appeal; organisation's duties; transfer; reassignment; executive head; compensation; refusal; request by a party