ونظراً لأن صاحب البلاغ كان قاضياً يتمتع بخبرة عريقة، ترى اللجنة أنه تنازل عن حق النقض بإصراره على ألا يحاكم إلا من جانب المحكمة العليا.
The Committee finds that the decision of 17 July 1997 does not mention that the author or his counsel was present, but mentions the presence of a procurator. Moreover, it is uncontested that the author had no legal representation in the early stages of the investigations.