From the Staff Committee 2017-2018	(202) 370-4645
October 12^th, 2017	SN-12/17-18 Original : English
Update on the Administrative Tribunal The Staff Committee met on Tuesday, October 10 with Judges Michel Bastarache (Vice President) and Michael T. Peay of the Administrative Tribunal to discuss the importance of having a fully operational Administrative Tribunal for all OAS Staff as a final guarantor of dispute resolution. In this regard, the Staff Committee wishes to provide you with the communications between the Administrative Tribunal and the Office of the Secretary General as well as the presentation distributed by Judges Bastarache and Peay at the Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs (CAAP) meeting held on Tuesday, October 10. 1. Note TRIBAD 58/17 of August 8th, 2017 - Link 2. Note TRIBAD 44/17 of June 14th, 2017 - Link (Annex 11 to this note, details the budget execution of TRIBAD during the first semester, and the projection of expenditures until December 2017 that was requested on June 13 by the Delegation of the United States during the intervention of Judge Bibiloni). This information was transmitted to the CAAP on 16 June (see below). 3. Report of the Presidency of the Administrative Tribunal on the status of operation of this body in 2017 - Link 4. Presentation distributed by Judges of the Administrative Tribunal at the CAAP meeting held on October 10, 2017 - Link 5. Communications from the Administrative Tribunal following the CAAP meeting held on October 10, 2017: TRIBAD 74/17 – Link y TRIBAD 75/17 -  Link 6. Note OSG/274/2017 subscribed by the Chief of Staff of the Secretary General to the President of the Administrative Tribunal of the OAS - Link We hope that the judges and the Administration will be able to meet with OAS Staff to review the important role that the Administrative Tribunal in access to justice, as well as to inform about the process by which individuals should follow to take advantage of this important resource. We will inform Staff as soon as the date of the meeting is confirmed. In the meantime, this Committee continues to follow this issue closely and hopes that the situation can be resolved at the earliest possible time.
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