## IMF Administrative Tribunal - Home Page

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [IMF Administrative Tribunal - Home Page](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/about/imfat-index/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/about/imfat-index/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/about/imfat-index/bundle-manifest.json)

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### Mandate and scope
- 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.

### Jurisdiction, filing requirements, and time limits
- 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.

### Composition, decision-making, and staff
- 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.

### Remedies, fees, and publication
- 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.

### Operations, pandemic procedures, and contact information
- 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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## Content in this bundle

- **INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL — Code of Judicial Conduct**
  - [INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL — Code of Judicial Conduct (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/imfat/imfatconduct.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL — Code of Judicial Conduct (PDF)](/-/media/files/imfat/imfatconduct.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}
- **conclusion sustained that factors other than discrimination affected Applicant’s career**
  - [conclusion sustained that factors other than discrimination affected Applicant’s career (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/imfat/index1.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [conclusion sustained that factors other than discrimination affected Applicant’s career (PDF)](/-/media/files/imfat/index1.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}
- **Revised Decision on the protection of privacy and method of publication**
  - [Revised Decision on the protection of privacy and method of publication (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/imfat/revdec060806.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [Revised Decision on the protection of privacy and method of publication (PDF)](/-/media/files/imfat/revdec060806.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}

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## References

- [New Search Tool for Tribunal Judgments and Orders](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-news)
- [Composition of the Tribunal](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-members)
- [Statute of the Administrative Tribunal](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-statute)
- [Commentary on the Statute](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-report)
- [Resolutions of the Board of Governors](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-resolution)
- [Rules of Procedure](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-rules)
- [Pending Cases](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-pending-cases)
- [Judgments](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-judgements)
- [Orders](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-orders)
- [Volumes of IMFAT Reports](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-volumes)
- [Tribunal’s Operations During Pandemic](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-covid-19)
- [IMFAT 30th Anniversary Conference](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-events-anniversary)
- [Reports on IMFAT 30th Anniversary Conference](https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index/imfat-events-reports-on-anniversary)
- [See also: IMF Staff Ethics, Financial Disclosure, and Resolution of Staff Disputes](https://www.imf.org/en/about/ethics-and-integrity/annual-reports)

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/about/imfat-index_