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The applications relate to the selection process for the D-l post of UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. The two applications can be summarized as follows: a. (...) On 28 November 2018, the Applicant filed an application contesting the decision to not select him for the post of Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at the D-1 level following completion of the second recruitment process. (...) Details of the Selection Panel’s reservations on its recommendation of the Applicant for the post of Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at the D-1 level to the Compliance Review Board, following competition of the second recruitment process; and c.

By application filed on 22 May 2014, the Applicant, an Associate Legal Officer (National Officer B level, “NOB”) in the Regional Representation for Western Europe of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”), based in Brussels, contests the decision to discontinue the position she is encumbering (position No. 10011149) as of 1 June 2014, and the consequent termination of her indefinite appointment, effective 31 May 2014. (...) As stated in her application, the Applicant entered the service of UNHCR, Regional Representation for Western Europe in Brussels, on 1 February 2002 under a fixed-term appointment as a Senior Protection Assistant, G-7 level. (...) By memorandum of 23 September 2013 addressed to the UNHCR Director, Regional Bureau for Europe, the Regional Representative for Western Europe proposed changes in the structure of the Representation for the planning of 2014, which included a recommendation to downgrade the post encumbered by the Applicant. 5.

By application filed on 7 May 2014, the Applicant, an Associate Legal Officer (National Officer B level) in the Regional Representation for Western Europe of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”), based in Brussels, seeks suspension of action of the decision to discontinue the position she is encumbering (post No. 10011149), and the consecutive termination of her indefinite appointment, effective 31 May 2014. (...) By email of 30 April 2014 sent to the Deputy High Commissioner, UNHCR, the Applicant referred to her request for management evaluation of 14 January 2014 and attached a “follow-up Memorandum”, entitled “Request for Management Evaluation of the Regional Representation for Western Europe – continued”, in which she asked that the letter dated 14 April 2014 be withdrawn Case No. (...) With respect to prima facie illegality, the classification of posts and staff within the Regional Representation for Western Europe based in Brussels has not been conducted according to the nature of the duties and responsibilities required for the tasks performed; that the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct were not upheld; that the determination by the Regional Assignments Committee (“RAC”) that there were no suitable positions against which a comparative review could take place in accordance with para. 5 of IOM/066/2012-FOM/067/2012 (Comparative Review Policy for Locally Recruited Staff Members) did not take into account the fact that another staff member of the Legal Unit of the Regional Representation for Western Europe, who was hired on a temporary assignment at the G-6 level as of November 2013, has been taking over her duties since then; and that the composition of the RAC is also questionable; Case No.

On 10 July 2017, the Registry of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal in Nairobi received an application for suspension of action challenging the Respondent’s decision dated 6 July 2017 to “cancel the current selection process and to re-advertise the post of UN Women Regional Director for Europe and CIS.” 3. The Respondent filed his Reply to the Application on 11 July 2017. 4. (...) On 23 October 2016, the Applicant applied for the D-1 post of Regional Director for Europe and CIS. He did a written test for the position on 6 February 2017 and interviewed on 24 March 2017. 6. (...) In this case, on 19 June 2017 the Applicant sought management evaluation of the decision “rejecting [his] candidacy for the post of UN Women Regional Director for Europe and CIS (Job No. 68863).” The management evaluation request argued merits of the selection process and inappropriateness of using gender criterion for non-selection.

Due to an oversight, instead of deducting from the Applicant’s salary the higher rate applicable to staff members with Italy as their duty station (rate group 3), the Organization deducted contributions at a lower rate, namely that applicable to staff members outside of Western Europe, the United States, Chile and Mexico (rate group 1). 6. By email dated 29 November 2013, a representative of the United Nations Health and Life Insurance Unit informed the Applicant that he had been enrolled in the wrong Van Breda group—namely in the Vanbreda International instead of the Van Breda Western Europe group—and that his rate group was being Case No. (...) Rate group 2 covers staff members with duty station Chile and Mexico, while rate group 3 covers Western Europe and includes, inter alia, staff members with their duty station in Italy.

Larriera, the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France has endorsed the findings of the Brazilian courts with regard to Mr. (...) There was no such endorsement as the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France simply stated that her request to annotate Mr. (...) What has happened is that the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs simply stated that the Applicant’s request to annotate Mr.

The Applicant, the former UN Women Country Representative in Albania, has two separate applications related to the selection process for the D-l post of UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia. The applications are registered under Case No. (...) UNDT/2019/070 concerns the decision by the Executive Director of UN Women to cancel the selection process for the D-l post of UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, which the Applicant had applied for, and re-advertise the position. 7.

By application filed on 22 May 2014, the Applicant, a former Associate Legal Officer (National Officer B level, “NOB”) in the Regional Representation for Western Europe in Brussels (“Brussels RRWE”) of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”), contests the decisions to: a. (...) By confidential memorandum of the same day addressed to the Director, Regional Bureau for Europe, UNHCR, the Brussels Representative proposed changes in the structure of the Representation for 2014, which included a recommendation to “downgrade” two NOB Associate Legal Officers positions, one of which was encumbered by the Applicant. 8. (...) The start of the process is to be traced to a memorandum of 23 September 2013 from the Brussels Representative to the Director, Regional Bureau for Europe, UNHCR, where the former wrote concerning “2014 Planning”.

The Applicant contests the selection process for the D-l level post of the UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (“D-1 Post”). 2. On 19 December 2019, the Dispute Tribunal issued its judgment Belsito UNDT/2019/183 in respect of the two cases (Case Nos. (...) In respect of the testimony of the UN Women Regional Director for Asia/Pacific (the former Regional Director for Arab States), the Applicant states that he will be called to testify of “being aware of the decision made by the Executive Director not to select the Applicant for the post of Regional Director for Europe and her subsequent instructions to him to approach the Palestinian authorities to have the Applicant endorsed by them as UN Women Special Representative for Palestine.

On 1 March 2019, the Applicant, a Senior Advisor at the United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”) Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia, filed an application before the Tribunal challenging inter alia “the rejection of [her] candidacy for the position of Regional Partnerships Adviser, P-5 … in violation of [her] right as a permanent contract holder to full and fair consideration”. 2.