CYIL vol. 15 (2024)

CYIL 15 ȍ2024Ȏ JUDGMENT 3640 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL … JUDGMENT 3640 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION CONCERNING HARASSMENT 1 Jan Hladík Abstract: The current Article is divided into five parts. The first part provides general background and explains reasons for writing present Article about the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILOAT) Judgment 3640, the second part focuses on the definition of harassment under the relevant administrative rules of UNESCO, the third part analyses factual background and legal analysis of ILOAT Judgment 3640, the fourth part dwells upon some important principles of ILOAT case-law concerning harassment, and the fifth part contains conclusion. Resumé: Aktuální článek je rozdělen do pěti částí. První část poskytuje obecné pozadí a vysvětluje důvody pro napsání tohoto článku o rozsudku Administrativního Tribunálu Mezinárodní organizace práce 3640, druhá část se zaměřuje na definici obtěžování podle příslušných administrativních pravidel UNESCO, třetí část analyzuje skutkové pozadí a obsahuje právní analýzu rozsudku 3640 ILOAT, čtvrtá část se zabývá některými důležitý mi zásadami judikatury ILOAT týkající se obtěžování a pátá část obsahuje závěr. Keywords: Chapter X of the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of UNESCO, Disciplinary measure(s), Division of Internal Oversight Services, Harassment (moral, institutional and sexual), Misconduct, Principle of proportionality, Staff member, Standards of Conduct for the International Civil Service, Summary dismissal About the Author: 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. As of today, the author has litigated seven cases before ILOAT including a landmark case concerning the reimbursement of national income tax of three US nationals working in the UNESCO Secretariat (cf. ILOAT Judgment 2255, available on line at https://webapps.ilo.org/dyn/triblex/triblexmain.fullText?p_lang=en&p_judgment_ no=2255&p_language_code=EN, website visited on 18 June 2024) as well as a number of cases before the Appeals Board of UNESCO.

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1 The present Article is partly based on draft legal brochure prepared by the author for the UNESCO Staff Union.