CCPR/C/67/D/694/1996 Page 1 ANNEX VIEWS OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 5, PARAGRAPH 4, OF THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS - Sixty-seventh session concerning Communication Nº 694/1996 */ **/ Submitted by: Arieh Hollis Waldman (Initially represented by Mr. Raj Anand from Scott & Aylen, a law firm in Toronto, Ontario) Alleged victim: The author State party: Canada Date of communication: 29 February 1996 The Human Rights Committee, established under International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, article 28 of the Meeting on 3 November 1999 Having concluded its consideration of communication No.694/1996 submitted to the Human Rights Committee on behalf of Arieh Hollis Waldman, under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Having taken into account all written information made available to it by the author of the communication, his counsel and the State party, Adopts the following: _________________ *The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Mr. Abdelfattah Amor, Mr. Nisuke Ando, Mr. Prafullachandra N. Bhagwati, Ms. Christine Chanet, Lord Colville, Ms. Elizabeth Evatt, Mr. Louis Henkin, Mr. Eckart Klein, Mr. David Kretzmer, Mr. Rajsoomer Lallah, Ms. Cecilia Medina Quiroga, Mr. Fausto Pocar, Mr. Martin Scheinin, Mr. Hipólito Solari Yrigoyen, Mr. Roman Wieruszewski and Mr. Abdallah Zakhia. Pursuant to rule 85 of the Committe’s rules of procedure Mr. Maxwell Yalden did not participate in the examination of the case. **The text of an individual opinion by member Martin Scheinin is appended to this document.