Administrative tribunal

As an international organisation, the EBRD enjoys a number of privileges and immunities, including immunity from the jurisdiction of the courts of the member states of the Bank.

EBRD Administrative Tribunal (the “EBRDAT”)

The EBRDAT forms part of a grievance system which has been implemented to resolve employment issues and disputes. It comprises a panel of five judges, highly experienced lawyers from outside the EBRD. The President of the EBRDAT is appointed by and from amongst the panel. For each appeal, the President of the EBRDAT selects three members from the panel to serve for that appeal.

The current composition of the EBRDAT is as follows:

• Ms Giuditta Cordero Moss (Italian)
• Mr Boris Karabelnikov (Russian)
• Mr Jan Paulsson (Swedish) – President of the Tribunal
• Ms Elizabeth Slade (British)
• Mr Stanislaw Soltysinski (Polish)

The role of the EBRDAT is to hear appeals against Administrative Decision once an employee has exhausted all appropriate channels for review under the Grievance Procedures. If the Tribunal considers that an appeal is well founded it may grant appropriate remedies to the appellant, including compensatory remedies and rectify the Administrative Decision which is the subject of the appeal.

Relative to the previous Grievance and Appeal Procedures (GAP), below are some decisions of the EBRD Administrative Tribunal:

• Appellant v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2006/AT/04 (liability)  (0.3Mb)
• Appellant v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2006/AT/04 (remedy)  (0.2Mb)
• Appellant v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2006/AT/04 (costs)  (0.1Mb)
• W. et al v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2004/AT/03 (jurisdiction)  (0.1Mb)
• C v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2003-01 (jurisdiction)  (0.1Mb)
• C v. EBRD, EBRDAT 2003-01 (merits)  (0.2Mb)