In June 2025, the Administrative Tribunal registered three 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.

The indication of the subject-matter of the appeal is based on the details given by the appellant when the appeal was lodged and it is not binding upon the Tribunal.
 

• Appeal No. 770/2025 – G. T. v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 10 June 2025, the Tribunal registered appeal No. 770/2025 – G. T.
v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The appellant is a job candidate who took part in external competition No. e44/2024 for the recruitment of senior project officers. He seeks the annulment of the decision not to include his name among the first 100 highest-ranked candidates placed on the preselection list, based on his results in the written tests.

In support of his appeal, the appellant alleges both procedural and substantive irregularities in the assessment of his test results. These include the application of inconsistent and non-transparent evaluation criteria, the arbitrary refusal to reassess his papers, and the insufficient justification provided for his results. He further contends that the recruitment procedure failed to guarantee equal treatment of candidates, due to the reliance on Council of Europe project management materials that were accessible only to internal staff members. In his view, these circumstances led the Administration to overstep its margin of discretion and to commit a manifest error of assessment, thereby breaching the principles of due process and fair competition.

On these grounds, the appellant seeks the annulment of the contested decision and the inclusion of his name on the preselection list. He also seeks corrective measures to prevent the future use in recruitment procedures of internal documents that are not accessible to external candidates, as well as any other relief the Tribunal deems appropriate.

• Appeal No. 771/2025 – G v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 16 June 2025, the Tribunal registered appeal No. 771/2025 – G v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The appellant is a staff member who is currently serving a fixed-term contract, initially due to expire on 18 June 2029. The appeal is directed against the decision of the Secretary General to terminate the appellant’s contract with effect from 31 December 2025, pursuant to paragraph 680.1 of the Staff Rule on termination of service and paragraph 1340.5.3. of the Staff Rule on staff participation.

The appellant contests the legality of the termination decision, which is based on the suppression of the appellant’s job. The appellant alleges that the decision constitutes an abuse of authority, is discriminatory in nature, and is vitiated by bad faith. The appellant further contends that the Organisation breached its duty of care in the manner in which the suppression of post was carried out and communicated. The appellant also invokes a violation of the Organisation’s obligation to endeavour to reassign the staff member whose job has been suppressed to another suitable position within the Organisation.

On these grounds, the appellant seeks the annulment of the decision to terminate his/her employment and relieve him/her of his/her duties, along with all implementing measures, including those related to the recruitment procedure initiated as a result of the impugned decision. The appellant also claims compensation for the moral and material damage suffered, in addition to reimbursement of the costs of the proceedings.

• Appeal No. 772/2025 – C. V. (II) v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe

On 18 June 2025, the Tribunal registered appeal No. 772/2025 – C. V. (II) v. Secretary General of the Council of Europe. The appellant is a former staff member of the Organisation who was recruited for a job falling under a periodic rotation profile, whose employment ended on 31 December 2024 following a probationary period deemed unsuccessful. She contests the decision of the director of Human ressources not to pursue her formal complaint of harassment, on the grounds that the investigation report prepared by external investigators did not conclude that her direct supervisor had engaged in proven harassment. She also requests that the investigation into the facts set out in her formal complaint be continued.

In support of her appeal, the appellant argues that the allegations raised in her complaint were not examined with sufficient thoroughness during the investigation. She submits that the accumulation of a long series of incidents—potentially amounting to managerial shortcomings—undermined the security of her employment and career progression and caused harm to her well-being and dignity. She contends that these circumstances amounted to a situation of institutional harassment. The appellant also invokes a breach of the principles of adversarial procedure and equality of arms, as well as a manifest error of assessment on the part of the Organisation.

On these grounds, the appellant asks the Tribunal to annul the contested decision, to order the continuation of the investigation arising from her formal complaint, and to award compensation for the material and moral harm allegedly suffered. In the alternative, she asks the Tribunal to recognise the existence of a situation of harassment and to grant just and equitable redress in accordance with the Council of Europe’s Policy on respect and dignity.

It should be noted that, by a separate appeal (appeal No. 768/2025), the appellant has also challenged the decision to terminate her employment on the grounds of an unsuccessful probationary period.