Mr René M. Vargas M. is Registrar of the Administrative Tribunal of the International Labour Organisation.
He holds an LL.M. in International Law from the American University in Washington D.C., is qualified to practice as a Lawyer and a Notary in his home country El Salvador and is fully trilingual (English, French and Spanish).
Mr Vargas joined the United Nations system in July 1997, as an Associate Legal Officer for the Joint Appeals Board (JAB)/Joint Disciplinary Committee (JDC), United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), after successfully seating the United Nations Young Professionals Program examination. In 1999, he moved to the Geneva Office of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund where he worked for 12 years in different capacities and areas (benefits calculations, legal and pension scheme presentations).
In March 2012, he returned to the United Nation’s system of administration of justice as Registrar of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal Geneva Registry. In November 2024, he assumed the functions of Registrar of the ILO Administrative Tribunal where he currently serves.
During his 28-year career with the UN, Mr Vargas has also represented staff members before the JAB/JDC and served in UNOG as Chairperson of its Change Order Review Committee and its Committee on Contracts. Mr Vargas possesses a wide range of skills and experience in administration of justice, court case management, UN rules in a wide range of areas (e.g., staff selection, procurement, benefits and entitlements) and Information Technology.
