In September 2024, the Administrative Tribunal registered two appeals. The following information is given to enable those who so wish to exercise their right to intervene under Article XI of the Statute of the Administrative Tribunal.

• Appeal No. 763/2024 – M.-S. F. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 20 September 2024, the Tribunal registered appeal No. 763/2024 – M.-S. F. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The appellant is a candidate who applied to take part in an external recruitment procedure (vacancy notice No e7/2024) organised pursuant to Article 490 of the Staff Rule on entry into service with a view to recruiting a lawyer to the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights.

The appellant challenges the decision not to invite him to the next stage of the selection procedure on the ground that he did not obtain the minimum mark required at the first stage of the procedure. He considers that the decision of the Administration to increase the minimum mark required to be invited to the next stage of the selection procedure is contrary to the Staff Regulations and rules and does not meet the standards of transparency and objectivity which should have guided the Administration in the organisation of the tests.

On those grounds, the appellant requests that he be admitted to the next stage of the competition or, in the alternative, that he be allowed to sit the tests again. He also seeks compensation for non-material and professional damage and reimbursement of the costs and expenses incurred in the proceedings before the Tribunal.

• Appeal No. 764/2024 – A. G. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 20 September 2024, the Tribunal also registered appeal No. 764/2024 – A. G. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The appellant is an A3 staff member of the Council of Europe employed under an indefinite term contract. She challenges her assessment report for the year 2023, alleging formal and substantive irregularities affecting its legality.

First, the appellant claims that her assessment report is vitiated by a formal and procedural irregularity in that it was not carried out by her direct manager but by an indirect manager. Secondly, the appellant contests the qualitative and quantitative assessment of her work and alleges a lack of objectivity and failure to provide reasons.

On those grounds, the appellant takes the view that the Organisation made an arbitrary use of its discretionary powers and asks the Tribunal to annul the contested decision.
 

The indication of the subject matter of the appeals is based on the information provided to the registry and it is not binding on the Tribunal.