- Their recruitment policy states they source among their member states except when they really really can't find someone to fill a position from there (https://careers.cern/recruitment-policy/).
I'm not sure if / how that works together with discrimination laws, however, discrimination is a different subject than nationality I think. I can't just work in the US, not because I'm Dutch but because of visum / labor / market protection / etc laws. And with CERN, added factors to consider are international funding, espionage, sabotage, etc. Some countries may decide to pull funding if CERN were to, for example, continue working with Russia or hire Russians.
tl;dr it's a lot more complicated than discrimination.
They told you that CERN is an international org, and this is true, but it is also apparently legal under Swiss discrimination laws. I was declined a pure math position because of "knowledge security reasons" - for nothing but my passport. And it was legal, as discrimination laws apparently has many exceptions. I am not happy about it, but there's little I can do.
Try proving they're rejected because of their nationality. That said, CERN itself does have some official statements on the matter:
- The International Cooperation Agreement has been terminated in 2023, following the invasion of Ukraine (https://international-relations.web.cern.ch/stakeholder-rela...)
- Their recruitment policy states they source among their member states except when they really really can't find someone to fill a position from there (https://careers.cern/recruitment-policy/).
I'm not sure if / how that works together with discrimination laws, however, discrimination is a different subject than nationality I think. I can't just work in the US, not because I'm Dutch but because of visum / labor / market protection / etc laws. And with CERN, added factors to consider are international funding, espionage, sabotage, etc. Some countries may decide to pull funding if CERN were to, for example, continue working with Russia or hire Russians.
tl;dr it's a lot more complicated than discrimination.
They told you that CERN is an international org, and this is true, but it is also apparently legal under Swiss discrimination laws. I was declined a pure math position because of "knowledge security reasons" - for nothing but my passport. And it was legal, as discrimination laws apparently has many exceptions. I am not happy about it, but there's little I can do.
I don't think CERN is bound by Swiss laws. It's an intergovernmental organization with sovereign immunities.
Is that a thing? Can an organization be given sovereign immunity? I thought that was reserved for actual countries?
Yes, and it's not unusual for organizations like the World Health Organization, the UN or its agencies, the Red Cross etc.
Examples:
https://repository.cern/records/ypas9-j5751
https://cds.cern.ch/record/1035110/files/cer-002693576.pdf
https://www.icrc.org/en/document/status-update-icrcs-legal-s...