Late family-conflict reasons are not exceptional circumstance

ACOM/14/1998Court of Justice / Administrative ChamberFeb 6, 1998Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The CRUNI rejected a student's request to extend the duration of university studies. The student invoked, for the first time in the objection proceedings, difficulties stemming from the involvement of family members in an armed conflict. The commission held that these allegations did not constitute an exceptional circumstance under RU.22(3), so the request for prolongation could not be granted.

Omnilex headnote

RU.22 al.3; prolongation of university studies and exceptional circumstances: facts relied upon for the first time in the objection stage do not, by themselves, satisfy the requirement of an exceptional circumstance. The authority retains a margin of appreciation in assessing whether a situation is truly exceptional, but this discretion is not exceeded where the reasons invoked are late and do not show the requisite extraordinary character (consid. not stated).

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Descripteurs

UNIVERSITE; ETUDES UNIVERSITAIRES; DUREE; RADIATION(EFFACEMENT); EXAMEN(EN GENERAL); POUVOIR D'APPRECIATION; PROLONGATION; DELAI; CIRCONSTANCE EXTRAORDINAIRE; CRUNI

Normes

RU.22 al.3

Résumé

Le fait d'évoquer pour la première fois dans l'opposition des difficultés liées à l'implication de membres de sa famille dans un conflit armé, ne constitue pas une "circonstance exceptionnelle", au sens de l'art. 22 al.3 RU.

Keywords

university studiesdurationradiationexaminationdiscretionprolongationdeadlineexceptional circumstanceobjection

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether family difficulties first raised in the objection stage constitute an exceptional circumstance under RU.22(3) allowing prolongation of the university study period.

Extracted holding

No. Raising such difficulties only for the first time in the objection does not amount to an exceptional circumstance within the meaning of RU.22(3).

Extracted reasoning

The commission held that the circumstances relied on were not timely and did not meet the threshold of exceptionality required for extending the period of studies.

Late family-conflict reasons are not exceptional circumstanceAI generated