2026-UNAT-1636, Wael Rabah
The UNAT held that the UNRWA DT did not err in finding that the former staff member’s application was not receivable ratione materiae.The UNAT found that DIOS had no decision-making authority in addressing the substance of his complaint of retaliation and that it undertook its investigation merely as a step in the investigative process that did not amount to a reviewable administrative decision.
Similarly, the UNAT found that the Ethics Office’s determination that it had not been established that retaliation had occurred, and its subsequent closure of the file without further investigation...