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The International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal (IMFAT) adjudicates employment disputes between staff members and the IMF.
The Tribunal is an independent judicial forum, established by the IMF Board of Governors, for the resolution of employment disputes arising between the International Monetary Fund and its staff members.
An applicant may challenge the legality of an “individual” or “regulatory” decision of the Fund by which the applicant is adversely affected.

Challenges to individual decisions:
- An application may be filed only after the applicant has exhausted all available channels of administrative review.
Challenges to regulatory decisions:
- An application must be filed within three months of the decision’s announcement or effective date, whichever is later.
- A regulatory decision may also be challenged in the context of a challenge to an individual decision.
The Tribunal’s jurisdiction extends to enrollees in and beneficiaries under Fund staff benefit plans who are adversely affected by decisions taken under such plans.
Applications must be made within time limits set by the Statute.

The Tribunal is composed of five Judges, including the President.
Judges are completely independent in the exercise of their duties.
Judges may not have any prior or present employment relationship with the Fund, and they are not eligible for staff employment following their service with the Tribunal.
Decisions in a case are taken by a three-Judge panel composed of the President and two others designated by the President.
The Tribunal is assisted by the Registrar and other personnel who, in the exercise of their duties, serve under the authority of the President of the Tribunal.

If the Tribunal concludes that an application is well-founded, it awards relief in the form of rescission of the challenged decision and other measures, such as the payment of monetary compensation, to correct the effects of the decision.
The Tribunal may order the Fund to bear all or part of an applicant’s reasonable attorneys’ fees if the application is well-founded in whole or in part.
Judgments of the Tribunal are final and binding on the parties.
Judgments and orders are published and made available to all interested persons.

In the exceptional circumstances of the Covid-19 pandemic, all submissions to the Tribunal shall, until further notice, be made electronically. See “Tribunal’s Operations During Pandemic.”
The Office of the Registrar of the IMF Administrative Tribunal may be contacted by email ATBReception@imf.org.
Mail and courier address:
- Office of the Registrar, IMF Administrative Tribunal, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W, HQ2-3-222, Washington, D.C. 20431.

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- INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL — Code of Judicial Conduct (PDF)
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Revised Decision on the protection of privacy and method of publication
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