Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization

Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization
International Labour Court overview
Formed1927
Preceding International Labour Court
  • Administrative Tribunal of the League of Nations (former name)

The Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization, shortened ILO Administrative Tribunal or ILOAT, is a tribunal for conflicts of employees and their employer in intergovernmental organisations. The tribunal was established as the "Administrative Tribunal of the League of Nations" in 1927 by the League of Nations and transferred (and renamed) to the International Labour Organization in 1946.[1][2] Labour-related decisions of 60 international organisations can be appealed to at ILOAT.

Judges

As of October 2025, the tribunal was composed as follows:[3]

  • Michael Francis Moore (Australia), president
  • Patrick Frydman (France), vice-president
  • Sir Hugh Anthony Rawlins (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
  • Jacques Jaumotte (Belgium)
  • Clement Gascon (Canada)
  • Rosanna De Nictolis (Italy)
  • Hongyu Shen (China)

Judgments

As of 12 October 2025, ILO has issued over 5100 judgements. The organisations in relation to which most decisions were issued are:[4]

Abbreviation Name Number of decisions
EPO European Patent Organisation 1117
WHO World Health Organization 581
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 412
ILO International Labour Organization 404
Eurocontrol European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation 323
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization 309
ITU International Telecommunication Union 201
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency 178
WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization 177
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization 128
CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research 126
PAHO Pan American Health Organization 117
ESO European Southern Observatory 110
ICC International Criminal Court 78
UPU Universal Postal Union 77
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization 74
OPCW Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons 74
IOM International Organization for Migration 70
Global Fund The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 48
EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory 43

References

  1. ^ Staff writer (2024). "Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization (ILO Tribunal)". UIA Global Civil Society Database. uia.org. Brussels, Belgium: Union of International Associations. Yearbook of International Organizations Online. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ Dražen Petrović, ed. (2017). 90 years of contribution of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organization to the creation of international civil service law (PDF). International Labour Organisation (ILO). ISBN 978-92-2-030690-1. Retrieved 3 January 2018. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  3. ^ "Composition of the Tribunal". International Labour Organization. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  4. ^ "By organization". ILO. Retrieved 12 October 2025.

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