Administrative decision
Definition
Disciplinary matters / misconduct
Investigation (see category: Investigation)
Investigation
Fact-finding investigation
Jurisdiction / receivability (UNDT or first instance)
Subject matter (ratione materiae)
UNAT considered appeals by both the Secretary-General and Mr Auda. Noting that the Administration had not failed to respond, albeit with inordinate delay, and then had set up a second fact-finding panel, UNAT held that a decision may only be challenged in the context of an appeal after the conclusion of the entire process and that the step Mr Auda was challenging was preliminary in nature. UNAT held that the contested issue, namely the decision of the first fact-finding panel to delay, withhold and not submit its report and records, ceased to exist when Mr Auda was notified of the outcome of...