The Law and Practice of International Administrative Tribunals

This book provides comprehensive analysis on the law and practice of international administrative tribunals.

Asier Garrido Muñoz (Author), Jason Morgan-Foster (Author), Daniel Peat (Author), Anne-Marie Thévenot-Werner (Author)

9781316517307, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 13 November 2025

410 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.4 cm, 0.995 kg

'This book is an excellent contribution to the domain of international civil service law, offering valuable guidance to legal practitioners and academics as well as the personnel, administrations and staff associations of intergovernmental organisations. The wealth of research and comparative analysis by the authors of the jurisprudence of numerous international administrative tribunals highlights points of convergence and divergence between the various jurisdictions and significantly clarifies fundamental principles and complex issues.' Sofia Intoudi, Head of the Institutional Law Section, Legal Service, CERN

The jurisprudence of international administrative tribunals holds great relevance for international organisations, as seen in the proliferation of these tribunals, the complexity of their jurisprudence, and their practical impact. This book provides a comprehensive and accessible analysis of essential topics in this field, including applicable sources, jurisdiction and admissibility, grounds for review, equality and non-discrimination, and remedies. It also covers key emerging issues, such as the rights of non-staff personnel, the growing application of international human rights law by tribunals, and the protection of acquired rights. Drawing on thousands of decisions, this book is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and scholars. For practitioners, it offers a practical guide to navigating complex cases. For scholars, it highlights common principles and key divergences across the jurisprudence of some thirty tribunals, at the same time illuminating the increasingly sophisticated interplay between international administrative law and public international law.

1. The changing landscape of international administrative law
2. The institutional evolution of International Administrative Tribunals
3. Sources of law
4. Receivability of a complaint (jurisdiction and admissibility)
5. Procedural grounds of review
6. Substantive grounds of review
7. Equality and non-discrimination
8. Remedies
9. Selected issues: reference to international human rights instruments in the jurisprudence of International Administrative Tribunals
10. Selected issues: access to justice for non-staff personnel in the UN system
11. Selected issues: unilateral amendment of terms and conditions of service: the protection of acquired Rights
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Subject Areas: Public international law [LBB]