UNDT/2017/029, Riecan
The failure to consider the Applicant’s e-PAS reports and to address them especially in the context of the disparity between its ratings and those of the Applicant’s reporting officers on the same competencies and within the same organization was a serious flaw in the selection process. UNDT was satisfied that the panel met its requirement of asking probing questions, even if the report reflected it as “prompting” rather than “probing.” The absence of an ex-officio member on the assessment/interview panel by itself could not vitiate the selection exercise. The Applicant’s candidacy for the...