Professional reputation (864,-666)

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• Judgment 5152

  
  141st Session, 2026
  World Health Organization
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR
  Summary: The complainant seeks a review of the measures taken following the Organization’s acknowledgment of the violation of its duty of care towards him and asks that it be ordered to publish a press release to clear his reputation and to pay him additional amounts in moral damages and legal “fees”.

  Consideration 6

  Extract:

  [T]he email with the “talking points” circulated […] left little doubt that the UNAIDS staff member to whom it referred was indeed the complainant. As well, by alluding to the fact that the Organization had a zero-tolerance policy on sexual harassment, it was clearly publicly linking the complainant to this kind of behaviour. Secondly, the record shows that the Organization made similar references and allusions in its press release […]. Later on, […] in her interview to a major press agency, a UNAIDS spokesperson referred to the complainant having been placed on administrative leave over sexual harassment allegations when, in fact, the complainant had been placed on special leave due to general allegations of misconduct pursuant to the notification that he had received from the Organization […]. The Tribunal agrees with the complainant’s assertion that the circulation of this incorrect, misleading but nevertheless detailed information, both internally and to the press, was inappropriate and in violation of the Organization’s duty to refrain from conduct that may harm the dignity and reputation of its officials. […]. These communications were a serious affront to the complainant’s name, professional reputation and dignity, reflecting adversely on his person while infringing on his privacy.

  Keywords:

  duty of care; duty of discretion; organisation's duties; professional injury; professional reputation; publication; respect for dignity; right to privacy; staff member's interest;
  

  
  
  

• Judgment 4804

  
  137th Session, 2024
  European Patent Organisation
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR
  Summary: The complainant impugns the decision to reject his appeal seeking, in the main, moral damages for breach of confidentiality and defamation.

  Consideration 3

  Extract:

  [T]he Tribunal holds that […] the statement regarding a pending case lodged by the complainant was presented in a neutral way, with no negative comments. It was not a defamatory statement warranting relief, because it was truthful and did not tarnish the reputation of the complainant (see Judgment 4478, consideration 6).

  Reference(s)

  ILOAT Judgment(s): 4478
  

  Keywords:

  defamation; professional reputation; relief claimed;
  

  
  
  

• Judgment 4559

  
  134th Session, 2022
  European Patent Organisation
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR
  Summary: The complainant impugns the refusal to grant him retroactively two days of annual leave as compensation for two days worked during that leave.

  Consideration 10

  Extract:

  [I]t is well established in the Tribunal’s case law that international organisations are bound to refrain from any type of conduct that may harm the dignity or reputation of their staff members (see, for example, Judgment 3613, consideration 46) and that the general principle of good faith and the concomitant duty of care require them to treat their staff with due consideration in order to avoid causing them undue injury (see, for example, Judgment 3861, consideration 9).

  Reference(s)

  ILOAT Judgment(s): 3613, 3861
  

  Keywords:

  duty of care; good faith; organisation's duties; professional reputation; respect for dignity;
  

  
  
  

• Judgment 4215

  
  129th Session, 2020
  Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail
  Extracts: EN, FR
  Full Judgment Text: EN, FR
  Summary: The complainant challenges the decision not to confirm his appointment at the end of his probation period.

  Consideration 23

  Extract:

  As far as moral injury is concerned, the Tribunal considers that the non-confirmation of the complainant’s appointment also caused him substantial harm in this respect, particularly inasmuch as it was liable to damage his professional reputation.
  It might be observed in this regard that the Organisation itself attempted to limit that harm by endeavouring, as stated above, not to cite the complainant’s unsatisfactory performance as the official basis for the decision and by sending to his national civil service, at the same time, an appraisal that passed over the criticism of his performance. However, besides the fact that the Tribunal plainly cannot condone such questionable actions, it is highly doubtful that they actually minimised the harm to the complainant’s professional reputation.
  Moreover, the abruptness with which the complainant’s appointment was ended, forcing him to leave his duties almost immediately after he was notified of the impugned decision, inevitably caused him distress.

  Keywords:

  moral injury; professional reputation;