At its 57th meeting, on 11 April 1997, the Commission on Human Rights, recalling its decision 1995/110 of 3 March 1995 and taking note of resolution 1996/29 of 29 August 1996 of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, decided, without a vote, to endorse the requests by the Sub-Commission that Mr. Stanislav Chernichenko and Mr. David Weissbrodt compile and update the study on the right to a fair trial and a remedy initially prepared by Mr. Chernichenko and Mr. William Treat, and that the full study, entitled "The right to a fair trial: current recognition and measures necessary for its strengthening", be published in all the official languages of the United Nations, and recommended the following draft decision to the Economic and Social Council for adoption:

"The Economic and Social Council, recalling its decision 1995/299 of 25 July 1995 and taking note of Commission on Human Rights decision 1997/109 of 11 April 1997, approves the Commission's decision to endorse the request by the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities that the full and updated study on the right to a fair trial and a remedy be published as described in Sub-Commission resolution 1996/29 of 29 August 1996, and requests the Secretary-General to provide all assistance necessary for the compilation and publication of the updated study. "

[See chap. VIII.]