2020-UNAT-1026

UNAT Held or UNDT Pronouncements

UNAT considered an application revision of judgment No. 2019-UNAT-936 by Mr Diallo. UNAT held that Mr Diallo failed to establish the statutory conditions that had to be fulfilled before a judgment could be revised, namely there was no discovery of a decisive fact which was, at the time the judgment was rendered, unknown to UNAT and to him. UNAT held that an application for revision of a judgment that does not meet the statutory prerequisites cannot be a collateral means of attack on the judgment or allowed to be the second right of final appeal. UNAT dismissed the application for revision.

Decision Contested or Judgment/Order Appealed

Mr. Diallo contested the termination of his appointment for unsatisfactory performance. In judgment No. 2019-UNAT-936, UNAT affirmed the UNDT judgment No. 2019/UNDT/002 which had dismissed his application as not receivable for failure to request management evaluation prior to submitting the application to UNDT.

Legal Principle(s)

An application for revision of a judgment that does not meet the statutory prerequisites cannot be a collateral means of attack on the judgment or allowed to be the second right of final appeal.

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Revision, correction, interpretation or execution

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Diallo

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