The Internal Justice of the United Nations : a Critical History 1945-2015.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Megzari, Abdelaziz.

Series:

Legal Aspects of International Organizations 56.

Legal aspects of international organizations ; v. 56

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International officials and employees.

Labor laws and legislation.

United Nations. Administrative Tribunal--Rules and practice.

United Nations.

United Nations. Administrative Tribunal.

Genre:

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (601 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands, The : Brill Nijhoff, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1945, the United Nations has had an internal justice system to handle internal disputes and examine employee conformity with its rules of governance. Based on an exhaustive analysis of 3,067 judgements, advisory opinions, and General Assembly debates on the issue, The Internal Justice of the United Nations offers an unparalleled account of the system’s effectiveness and shortcomings over its seventy year history.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction

1 The Establishment of the UN Administrative Tribunal (1945–1949)

2 The Appointment of Judges and the Lack of Independence for the Tribunal

3 The First Judgments and the First Objections by the UN Administration (1950)

4 Legal Assistance and Reimbursement of Legal Costs before the Tribunal (1950–2009)

5 The First Cases Dismissing Temporary Staff Members and the Consequent Amendment of the Staff Regulations (1951-1952)

6 The Tribunal during the Cold War: the McCarthy cases (1952–1954)

7 The First Amendment to the Tribunal’s Statute (1953) and the First Request for an Advisory Opinion of the ICJ (1954)

8 The Introduction of the ICJ (1955)

9 Applications for Review of UNAT’s Judgements through Advisory Opinions of the ICJ (1955–1995)

10 The Abolition of Article 11 (1995)

11 Statistics on the Tribunal’s Performance (1950–2009)

12 Evolution of Oral Proceedings before the Tribunal (1950–2009)

13 Delays in the Tribunal’s Administration of Justice

14 Possible Miscarriages of Justice and Instances of Inconsistent Jurisprudence

15 The Issue of a Single Tribunal for the United Nations Family

16 Proposals to Reform the System of Justice (1985–2005)

17 The Abolition of UNAT and its Replacement

18 An Assessment of Internal Justice in the New System (July 2009–December 2014)

Annex 1 Bibliography

Annex 2 Statute of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal with Amendments

Annex 3 Statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal (established 2009)

Annex 4 Statute of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal (established 2009)

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-30186-0

OCLC:

919297937

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004301863 DOI