Application for the Suspension of the Execution of Judgment No 2867 Filed by the International Fund for Agricultural Development. (2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 164(2016)
• Page Start: 18
• Page End: 36
• Publication Date: 2016
• Subjects: International organizations -- International Court of Justice; International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107416130.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 18 International organizations — Staff — Appeals mechanism — International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal — Provision for challenge to judgment of the Tribunal by request to International Court of Justice for advisory opinion — Request for suspension of execution of judgment pending opinion — Admissibility of request — Powers of the Tribunal in the absence of express provisions in statute — Impossibility of tribunal assessing soundness of its own judgments — Imbalance in rights of the parties International Court of Justice — Advisory jurisdiction — International staff cases — Challenge to judgment of International Labour Organization Administrative Tribunal — Stay of execution of judgment pending opinion