Chapter 4. Working relations

• Author: International Criminal Court
• Pages: 16-19

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Working relations

Chapter 4.

Equal treatment, non-discrimination and non-

Section 1.

harassment

58. Staff members shall be recruited, hired, transferred, trained and compensated on the

basis of merit and without regard for characteristics such as race, marital status,

pregnancy or potential pregnancy, religion, ethnicity, colour, sexual orientation,

disability, political belief or responsibilities as a caregiver.

59. Members of the Office shall treat their colleagues, and other persons encountered in

the context of their work, with courtesy and respect, and abstain from treating

individuals less favourably because they have a particular characteristic or belong to

a particular group as specified in paragraph 58 above.

60. Members of the Office shall not engage in any covert or overt behaviour that

reasonably has the effect of violating someone else󰜚s dignity or creating an

intimidating, degrading, hostile, humiliating or offensive work environment, and

avoid behaviour that, although not rising to the level of harassment or abuse, may

nonetheless create an atmosphere of hostility or intimidation.

61. Staff members shall pay particular attention to the rules set out in the Administrative

Instructions on Sexual and other Forms of Harassment and on Equal Employment

Opportunity and Treatment.

Relations with other organs of the Court

Section 2.

62. Members of the Office shall not engage in direct or indirect ex parte communication

with judges, Chambers or any Staff members of the Chambers on the merits of trial

or appeal proceedings during the course of those proceedings, unless authorised

under the Statute or the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, or so instructed by the

relevant Chamber or the judges.

63. In the course of their duties, Members of the Office shall not:

(a) present evidence knowing it to be false or forged;

(b) knowingly make an untrue statement of material fact to a judge, the

Chamber, the Presidency, counsel or the Registry;

(c) transmit evidence, notes or documents to a judge or Chamber except

through the Registry, unless authorised by the judge or Chamber.