CYIL vol. 14 (2023)

CYIL 14 (2023) LANDMARK JUDGMENT 4457 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL … LANDMARK JUDGMENT 4457 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION 1 CONCERNING SUMMARY DISMISSAL Jan Hladík Abstract: The current article is divided into six parts. The first part provides general background and explains reasons for writing present article about ILOAT Judgment 4457, the second part introduces main obligations of staff members and other persons working for UNESCO under the UNESCO Constitution, Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of UNESCO and UNESCO’s relevant administrative texts, the third part analyses disciplinary measures under Chapter X (Disciplinary measures) of the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of UNESCO, the fourth part dwells very briefly upon UNESCO’s internal appeals procedures, the fifth part focuses on factual background and legal analysis of ILOAT Judgment 4457 and the sixth part contains conclusion. Resumé: Tento článek je rozdělen do šesti částí. První část poskytuje obecné pozadí a vy světluje důvody pro napsání tohoto článku o rozsudku 4457 Administrativního tribuná lu Mezinárodní organizace práce, druhá část představuje hlavní povinnosti zaměstnanců a dalších osob pracujících pro UNESCO podle Ústavy UNESCO, Zaměstnaneckého řádu UNESCO a příslušných administrativních textů UNESCO, třetí část analyzuje discipli nární opatření podle kapitoly X (Kárná opatření) Zaměstnaneckého řádu UNESCO, čtvrtá část se věnuje vnitřním odvolacím procedurám UNESCO, pátá část se zaměřuje na faktické pozadí a právní analýzu rozsudku 4457 Administrativního tribunálu Mezinárodní organi zace práce, a šestá část obsahuje závěr. Keywords : Appeals Board of UNESCO; Chapter X of the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules; Disciplinary measure(s); Good faith; ILOAT (Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization); ILOAT Judgment 4457; Internal appeals procedures; Misconduct; Mitigating circumstances; Principle of proportionality; Ratione materiae ; Ratione personae ; Ratione temporis ; Sanction(s); Serious misconduct; Sexual harassment; Staff member; Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of UNESCO; Summary dismissal; Tribunal (Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization); UNESCO Constitution; UNESCO Human Resources Manual About the Author: JUDr. Jan Hladík , former Secretary of the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its two (1954 and 1999) Protocols, UNESCO Secretariat, Paris, and legal expert in the field of law of international civil service. In particular, litigated and won landmark ILOAT Judgment 2255 related to the reimbursement of national income tax of three US nationals working in the UNESCO Secretariat. Judgment 2255 is available on-line through ILOAT website at http://www.ilo.org/tribunal/lang--en/index.htm.

1 The present article is partly based on my article “Internal recourse procedures in UNESCO – an overview”, in DE COOKER, C. (ed.), International Administration , Leiden/Boston, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009,

pp. 967–988, as well as on draft legal brochure prepared for the UNESCO Staff Union. All UNESCO internal documents referred to in the present article are on file with the author.

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