Institutions of the system of administration of justice

The General Assembly’s decision to establish “a new, independent, transparent, professionalized, adequately resourced and decentralized system of administration of justice” required an overall institutional reform. The entry into force of the new system was therefore accompanied by the abolishment of several familiar bodies and the establishment of new ones. The result is an innovative structure, which aims at streamlining processes, decentralizing activities in various duty stations, putting mechanisms into place to ensure the fair and transparent delivery of justice, and offering several options to staff members to settle their disputes with the Organization. This complex edifice, however, may well become a labyrinth, if one is not familiar with the various actors involved, their structure and their role. The present Chapter will describe the institutions of the system, which are fundamental to understand how the administration of justice at the United Nations works.

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