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44. Also notes the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on administration of
justice; 17
45. Stresses the importance of the eventual harmonization of the statutes of
the United Nations Administrative Tribunal and the International Labour
Organization Administrative Tribunal;
46. Requests the United Nations Administrative Tribunal to review the rules,
practices and procedures of similar tribunals with a view towards enhanced effective
management of caseloads;
IV
Review of the internal justice system
47. Decides that the Secretary-General shall form a panel of external and
independent experts to consider redesigning the system of administration of justice;
48. Also decides that the panel shall be composed of a pre-eminent judge or
former judge with administrative law experience, an expert in alternative dispute
resolution methods, a leading legal academic in international law, a person with
senior management and administrative experience in an international organization
and a person with United Nations field experience;
49. Further decides that the terms of reference of the redesign panel shall be
as follows:
(a) The redesign panel shall propose a model for a new system for resolving
staff grievances in the United Nations that is independent, transparent, effective,
efficient and adequately resourced and that ensures managerial accountability; the
model should involve guiding principles and procedures that clearly articulate the
participation of staff and management within reasonable time frames and time
limits;
(b)
The redesign panel shall:
(i)
Consider the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;
(ii) Receive and review information from all the relevant stakeholders
regarding existing mechanisms for the administration of justice in the
Organization;
(iii) Consult with United Nations staff, including individual staff members,
the Staff Union and managers, in order to form an opinion as to how and why
some aspects of the system function effectively while other aspects do not;
(c)
The redesign panel shall, in particular:
(i) Consider alternative systems for resolving staff grievances by
considering other models of organizational dispute resolution, while
acknowledging the uniqueness of the United Nations system, in particular the
immunity of United Nations staff from national laws and thus the lack of
recourse to national courts;
(ii) In proposing a model, consider the value of creating an effective system
for handling staff complaints that involves alternative forms of dispute
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See A/59/280 and Corr.1.
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