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You are a teacher, parent of a pupil or a current pupil of one of the schools forming part of the network organized by the intergovernmental organization The European Schools ?

You wish to challenge a decision taken by one of the organs of the European Schools (Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General, Central Enrolment Authority, Director (Head Teacher) of a school, Class Council, Discipline Council, Examining Board of the Baccalaureate, etc.) and you are considering lodging a contentious appeal?

The Complaints Board of the European Schools, established by Article 27 of the Convention defining the Statute of the European Schools, has sole jurisdiction in the first and final instance in any dispute concerning the application of the said Convention and regarding the regulatory texts which govern the European Schools system.

Within this sui generis, system, the Complaints Board is the judicial body common to the European Schools, except the European Accredited Schools.

Its task is to check the legality of the acts made by the organs of the European Schools and to ensure uniform judicial protection for all the persons concerned, within its specified areas of jurisdiction.

It is composed of persons whose independence is beyond doubt and who are recognised as being competent in law, in order to ensure legal expertise and rigour.

Proceedings before the Complaints Board are designed to be transparent, quick and effective, in strict compliance with the principle of inter partes proceedings, in which both sides put their case, and of upholding of the rights of the defence, taking account of the particular constraints resulting in particular from multilingualism and the nature of the disputes, which have to be resolved within time periods corresponding to the school year.

The Chairman