Administrative Tribunal

Membership

Under Regulation 22 of the Staff Regulations ("Staff Manual", pdf, 3428 kb) of the OECD:

The Administrative Tribunal is composed of 3 judges and 3 deputies from outside the Organisation
They are appointed by the Council for a period of 3 years (renewable) from among persons of proven impartiality who are jurists or otherwise highly qualified in labour law or civil service law or in the field of labour relations at national or international level
The Council also appoints the Chairman from among the judges, having regard to their judicial experience
It is provided that the members of the Tribunal shall be of different nationalities and that, overall, their selection shall ensure that the main legal systems of the member countries of the Organisation are represented

As of 1 January 2023, the Administrative Tribunal of the OECD is composed as follows:

Chairman	Judges	Deputies
Ms Louise Otis Former Judge at the Quebec Court of Appeal and at the Superior Court of Quebec; President of the NATO Administrative Tribunal; Deputy Judge of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites Administrative Tribunal; Member of the UN Internal Justice Council Nationality: Canadian	Mr Pierre-François Racine Former Judge at the French Supreme Administrative Court Nationality: French	Ms Alice Guimaraes-Purokoski Member of the Supreme Court of Finland Nationality: Finnish
	Mr Chris de Cooker President of the Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Administrative Tribunals ; Chairperson of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Nationality: Dutch	Mr Zachary Douglas Professor of International Law at the Graduate Institute in Geneva and Academic Member of Matrix Chambers Nationality: Australian
		Mr Gian Luca Burci Adjunct Professor of International Law at the Graduate Insitute in Geneva and Former Legal Counsel of WHO Nationality: Italian

The current mandate of the Tribunal expires on 31 December 2025.