The Contractual Rights of International Civil Servants: Administrative Tribunals of the United Nations and International Labour Organization Perspective

Abstract

International Organizations are acting within the parameters provided by the rules of procedure of the organization
and terms of their contract of employment. The International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal (ILOAT), was created
as a judicial system for international civil servants. The United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT) was established as an
independent organ competent to hear and pass judgments upon application alleging non-observance of contracts or terms of
employment by staff members of the UN Secretariat. The two most important administrative tribunals that grant remedies to
aggrieved staff of an international organization that have accepted their jurisdiction. The ILOAT and UNAT has gradually
consolidated the idea that international organizations are under a human rights obligation to provide access to staff dispute
settlement mechanisms.