[1] The UNDT "hears and decides cases" filed by current and former staff members "appealing administrative decisions alleged to be in non-compliance with their terms of appointment or contract of employment".
[2] As a first step in the formal system, a staff member who wishes to contest an administrative decision will have to request a management evaluation.
[3] Access to audio-visual recordings of oral proceedings, is subject to "the need to protect personal data", and are granted, usually through electronic means, on a written request addressed to the registrar.
The relatively low rank of judges, according to the New York Times, makes those higher in the UN hierarchy feel that it is "beneath them" to answer to the tribunal.
Judges do not have the power to declare people who do not do their bidding in contempt of court, and are thus dependent on the UN Secretariat to act in good faith in its dealings with the tribunal.
[4] The United Nations response to the tribunal has, its critics argue, been contradictory, even hypocritical, in view of the organizations standing as the international guardian and promoter of rule of law.