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2023 Edition: Case Law Digest and Modulaw Magazine
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2022 Edition: Case Law Digest & International Organisation Catalogue
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Case Update: Steven Griner v Secretary General of the OAS
Administrative Tribunal of the Organization of American States (OAS), 31 August 2022 The Issues This case concerned a complaint against the Secretary General of the by Mr Steven Griner, the former Dir...
2022 FICSA Legal Standing Committee Session
In April 2022, Modulaw was invited to attend the 75th Council of the Federation of International Civil Servants Associations (FICSA) which was held in Vienna, Austria. Here is our overview of the key...
Fireside chat with Andres Orias-Bleicher
Andres is the current Chair of the FICSA Legal Standing Committee and has held this position on numerous occasions. After studying law and history, he joined the United Nations system as an editor for...
Sources of Law in International Organisations
The laws of an international organisation (IO) can often be difficult to identify. They may be contained in multiple documents that are not stored together or are not publicly available, they may have...
A Practical Guide to ABCC Claims
The Advisory Board on Compensation Claims (ABCC) was established by the UN Secretary-General to consider claims for compensation arising from service-incurred death, injury or illness and to...
Case Update: Rodriguez et al v Pan-American Health Organization
US Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, No. 20-7714 In the wake of Jam v International Finance Corporation (Jam), the appeal in Rodriguez offered US courts an unparallel...
Blowing the whistle on wrongdoing
Whistleblowers play an essential role in reporting wrongdoing, exposing abuse and preventing corruption in both the public and private sectors. Giving employees the right to whistleblow and providing...
Do international organisations have a positive duty to prevent harassment?
Since the birth of the #MeToo movement, it is more important than ever before that IOs recognise and address claims of harassment. Best evidenced by the adoption of the International Labour Organizati...