Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
Staff Regulations and Rules - International Seabed Authority
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<strong>Staff</strong> <strong>Rules</strong>, Appendix A<br />
APPENDIx A<br />
ARRANGEMENTS RELATING TO MILITARY SERvIcE<br />
1. In accordance with article 8, paragraph 2(d) of the Protocol on the<br />
Privileges <strong>and</strong> Immunities of the <strong>International</strong> <strong>Seabed</strong> <strong>Authority</strong>, staff members<br />
who are nationals of those Member States which have ratified or acceded to that<br />
Protocol shall be “immune from national service obligations” in the armed services<br />
of the country of their nationality “provided that, in relation to States of which<br />
they are national, such immunity shall be confined to officials of the <strong>Authority</strong><br />
whose names have, by reason of their duties, been placed upon a list compiled by<br />
the Secretary-General <strong>and</strong> approved by the State concerned; should other officials<br />
of the <strong>Authority</strong> be called up for national service, the State concerned shall, at the<br />
request of the Secretary-General, grant such temporary deferments in the call–up<br />
of such officials as may be necessary to avoid interruption in the continuation of<br />
essential work”.<br />
2. Any requests to Government which have not ratified or acceded to the<br />
Protocol to defer or exempt staff members from military service by reason of their<br />
employment with the <strong>Authority</strong> shall be made by the Secretary-General <strong>and</strong> not<br />
by the staff member concerned.<br />
3. <strong>Staff</strong> members who have completed one year of satisfactory probationary<br />
service or who have a permanent appointment may, if called by a Member<br />
Government for military service, whether for training or active duty, be placed on<br />
special leave without pay for the duration of their required military service. Other<br />
staff members, if called for military service, shall be separated from the <strong>Authority</strong><br />
according to the terms of their appointments.<br />
4. A staff member called for military service who is placed on special leave<br />
without pay shall have the terms of appointment maintained as they were on the<br />
last day of service before the staff member went on leave without pay. The staff<br />
member’s re-employment in the <strong>Authority</strong> shall be guaranteed, subject only to the<br />
normal rules governing necessary reductions in force or abolition of posts.<br />
5. In the interpretation of rule 109.1(c), the period of special leave<br />
without pay for military service shall be counted for the purpose of establishing<br />
seniority.<br />
6. A staff member on special leave without pay for military service shall<br />
be required to advise the Secretary-General within ninety days after release from<br />
military service, if the staff member wishes to be restored to active duty with<br />
the <strong>Authority</strong>. The staff member shall also be required to submit a certificate of<br />
completion of military service.<br />
7. If a staff member, after the period of required military service, elects<br />
to continue such service or if the staff member fails to obtain a certified release<br />
therefrom, the Secretary-General will determine, on the merits of the particular<br />
case, whether further special leave without pay will be granted <strong>and</strong> whether reemployment<br />
rights shall be maintained.<br />
8. If the staff member’s absence on special leave without pay appears likely<br />
to last six months or more, the <strong>Authority</strong> will pay, if so requested, for transporting
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