Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority

Staff Rule, 105.3
purpose and under the terms and conditions set forth in this rule shall hereinafter
be referred to as home leave.
(b) A staff member shall be eligible for home leave providing the following
conditions are met:
(i) The staff member continues to reside in a country other than that of
which he or she is a national;
(ii) The staff member’s service is expected by the Secretary-General to
continue:
a. At least six months beyond the date of return from the home
leave; and
b. In the case of the first home leave, at least six months beyond
the date on which the staff member will have completed two
years of qualifying service;
(iii) In the case of home leave following the return from a family
visit travel under rule 107.1(b), a staff member shall be eligible
if normally not less than nine months of continuous service have
elapsed since departure on the family visit travel.
(c) Staff members whose eligibility under paragraph (b) above is established
at the time of their appointment shall begin to accrue service credit towards home
leave from that date. Staff members who become eligible for home leave subsequent
to appointment shall begin to accrue such service credit from the effective date of
their becoming eligible.
(d) The country of home leave shall be the country of the staff member’s
nationality, subject to the following terms, conditions and exceptions:
(i) The place of home leave of the staff member within his or her
home country shall be, for purposes of travel and transportation
entitlements, the place with which the staff member had the closest
residential ties during the period of his or her most recent residence
in the home country. In exceptional circumstances, a change in
the place in the country of home leave may be authorized, under
conditions established by the Secretary-General.
(ii) A staff member who has served with another public international
organization immediately preceding his or her appointment shall
have the place of home leave determined as though his or her entire
previous service with the other international organization had been
with the Authority.
(iii) The Secretary-General, in exceptional and compelling circumstances,
may authorize:
a. A country other than the country of nationality as the home
country, for the purposes of this rule. A staff member requesting
such authorization will be required to satisfy the Secretary-
General that the staff member maintained normal residence
in such other country for a prolonged period preceding his
or her appointment, that the staff member continues to have
close family and personal ties in that country and that the staff
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