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By application registered on 13 August 2009 under UNDT/GVA/2009/44, the Applicant, Coordinator, Women’s Rights and Gender Unit (hereinafter WRGU), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in Geneva, Switzerland, requested that the implementation of the decision to remove her as the coordinator of the WRGU and reassign her to undertake thematic research and advocacy on the issue of sexual orientation and human rights be suspended. (...) Further to a request for suspension of action lodged by the Applicant before the Geneva JAB on 22 June 2009, the entrusted JAB panel issued a report (dated 30 June 2009) recommending to the Secretary-General that the decision to remove the Applicant as the coordinator of the WRGU and reassign her to undertake thematic research and advocacy on the issue of sexual orientation and human rights as of 1 July 2009 be suspended until a final decision be taken on the merits of the case. 3.

On 14 and 15 September 2009, the investigators interviewed the Applicant in Nairobi and apart from the allegations which the Applicant had been informed of regarding threats to kill certain UNICEF staff members and contemplating suicide, he was questioned about asking his supervisees to write his research paper, making sexual comments, sexual harassment and assaulting a store owner. 34. (...) The Applicant did not abuse his authority when he sought assistance in the preparation of his LDI project and the research conducted was relevant to UNICEF work. 39.

The Applicant is an Associate Programme Officer at the P-2 level, with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) in Geneva. 2. On 3 August 2017, the Applicant, through counsel from the Office of Staff Legal Assistance (OSLA) filed an application challenging the decision “to implement a post adjustment change resulting in a pay cut”.

On 1 July 2007, the Secretary-General appointed the applicant to the post of Director (L-7) of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute with a one-year technical assistance project contract (200 series of the Staff Rules then in effect). (...) When he was appointed to serve at the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), the applicant was given the assurance that his contract would continue to be renewed for one-year periods, as is customary at the United Nations for all internationally recruited staff members who satisfy the conditions for a permanent appointment; c.

By application filed on 12 April 2018, the Applicant requests suspension of action, pending management evaluation, of the “the decision(s) in the past 60 days to re-authorize the funding for the informal investigations, surveillance, research, info gathering, evidence collection and other activities carried out against [the Applicant] by the PFP Division senior management”. 2.

On 21 December 2015, the Applicant filed an application challenging the decision to terminate her employment as a Research Assistant with the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut. 2.

On 13 July 2011 Counsel for the Applicant informed the Tribunal that “further research has indicated that the Tribunal would not be competent to hear and pass judgment on his appeal, which obviates the need to file a substantive appeal”.

By application filed on 26 March 2018, the Applicant contests: a. the recruitment and selection process for the post of Corporate Alliance Manager for Research (P-4), United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”); and b. the decision to place her under the direct supervision of a P-3 “who has no supervisory functions in her Terms of Reference”. 2.

By application filed on 13 June 2017, the Applicant requests suspension of action, pending management evaluation, of the decision “not to select [him] … to the post of Director, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR), which was advertised on 20 April 2016”. 2.

The Applicant, a former Policy Specialist at the P-4 level in the Data and Analytics Section with the United Nations Children’s Fund (“UNICEF”) in New York, contests the Administration’s decision not to select him for the post of Senior Statistics Specialist (Poverty and Gender) at the P-5 level in the Division of Data, Research and Policy (“DRP”) (“the post”). 2. For the reasons below, the Tribunal rejects the application. (...) The selection panel found the Applicant not suitable for the post since while he “has a high level of technical expertise grounded in a strong academic research background” and “has interface with key economic partners at global level”, he “demonstrated limited experience interacting with regional offices, country offices, and other UN agencies”.