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Murky UN Dispute Tribunal
Alleged by Staff to Inner
City Press
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
March 22– How corrupt is
today's UN under Antonio
Guterres? Now with Guterres
bloviating without live stream
in Japan after a long
vacation, his staff tell Inner
City Press things have hit a
new low about which his
spokespeople Stephane Dujarric
and Melissa Fleming refuse all
Press questions. Inner City
Press has asked them, and
others, about the newest sex
abuse case against the UN.
This, from a UN whistleblower
sent to Inner City Press:
Dear Matthew
Russell Lee,
Within the United
Nations internal justice
system, each tier operates
under its own procedural
framework. In 2026, the United
Nations Dispute Tribunal
(UNDT) has issued and
published 23 judgments. In
contrast, the United Nations
Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) has
published none.
As reflected on
its official webpage, no
decisions have been posted to
date. This lack of
publication raises serious
concerns regarding
transparency and
accountability. At a minimum,
judgments should be publicly
available in a timely manner.
Where delays
occur, the Tribunal must
clearly explain the reasons.
The absence of any published
judgments is not acceptable in
a system that is expected to
uphold the rule of law and
institutional credibility.
Martha Helena Lopez, the
Secretary-General’s senior
advisor on human resources,
has become emblematic of this
“don’t care” policy. Observers
note she looks fatigued, more
focused on retirement than on
strengthening governance.
Rather than engaging with
tribunal rulings, she and her
team have defaulted to what
staff now mockingly call
“phone-call directives,”
issuing guidance over the
phone without regard to
established precedent or
proper review. In New
York, staff have started
referring to her and her legal
colleagues as “phone-call
officers and advisors” because
of their casual approach to
matters of grave consequence.
In response it is
said, "the first UNAT appeals
for 2026 from the March
session will be published in
the coming weeks"- but see,
for example, SDNY Judge Rakoff
on March 23 asking
USCIS why it can't, like US
courts, publish decisions
within minutes. He's given
them a week. And the UN?
Guterres,
they say, should end
censorship. Application was
made on June 19, 2025 and
denied without explanation on
January 12, 2026. Watch this
site.
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