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Appeals

The United Nations had never had a proper appeals system and his delegation would have preferred to see reforms to the administration of justice go hand in hand with those to human resource management.

Appeals process

Appeals

XI Appeals . 311.1

JOINT APPEALS BOARDS

CHAPTER IV. APPEALS

Joint Appeals Board 32 512 32 512

(d) Appeals and disciplinary matters

Establishment

(e) Analysis of resource requirements

The appeals are reviewed by a classification appeals body.

He also pointed out that the committee or the Appeals Panel did not respond to the Mission's written requests for clarification.

(ii) Preparation and submission of respondent's reply to appeals filed before the Joint Appeals Board and representation of the Secretary General at a panel for hearings

Rule 111.1 on establishment and rule 111.2 on appeals shall apply to staff members appointed under these rules.

The Panel of Counsel represents appellants during the process.

The estimate of 19,714,200 provides for salaries, common staff costs and staff assessment for the continuing 61 posts and the net increase of 45 posts.

(e) (i) For the consideration of each appeal, the presiding officer of the appropriate Joint Appeals Board shall constitute a panel of the Board, composed as follows

(e) Administration of justice secretariat services to the Joint Appeals Board Joint Disciplinary Committee, Vienna, processing of Board Committee recommendations on appeals and disciplinary cases.

(b) Processing and considering appeals in Geneva and Nairobi

2 Total number of Appeals pending 27

Interlocutory Appeals 9 Contempt 0 Referral 2

The estimate of 180,000 provides for consultancy requirements for the 2005 06 period as follows

(b) Each Joint Appeals Board shall be composed of

It is recognized that an extensive part of the formal system of justice, namely, the Joint Appeals Board Joint Disciplinary Committee, the Panels of Counsel and the ad hoc panels, rely on the voluntary contribution of staff members.

An appeal in respect of such a decision may not be submitted to the Joint Appeals Board.

1 P 3 post for a Legal Officer in the Joint Appeals Board

The incumbent will also conduct appeals proceedings.

It also wished to know how many of the appeals disposed of by the Joint Appeals Boards had been decided in favour of the staff and what percentage of the Board's recommendations in such cases had been accepted by the Secretary General.

In the course of the year 2003, FRB SC again issued an identical order to the Government.

Management review of the appeals process at the United Nations (A 59 408)

In addition to section 7 (1) of the General Terms of Engagement, we point out that a limitation of our liability agreed with our client will also apply to any third party who is affected by the engagement.

c. No. of replies to appeals prepared by the Administrative Review Unit 173 38

Some prisoners also complained of a lack of cooperation in the provisions of advice about appeals.

After consideration by JAB, the Secretary General reviews the decision in the light of the JAB apos s report and decides whether to maintain it or change it in any way.

A management review of the appeals process at Headquarters, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi (A 59 408) determined that the timeliness of appeals could be improved by streamlining the process at most duty stations.

(ii) Review of requests by staff for administrative review preparation and submission of respondents' replies to appeals filed with the Joint Appeals Board and representation of the Secretary General at panels for hearings

This role is made clear to all parties from the initiation of the appeals process.

Several felt that such a requirement should apply only to available and effective remedies.

It has various divisions which hear challenges to judgements handed down by the Court of Appeal.

Specific detailed regulations on appeals in the context of ERA exist in Austria.

Article 5. The central Identification Commission shall be responsible for taking a final decision on appeals.

A minimum of formality should continue to be observed in relation to the lodging of appeals.

Second, the Working Group suggested means for accelerating appeals other than appeals from Judgements.