UNITED NATIONS CCPR International covenant on civil and political rights Distr. RESTRICTED* CCPR/C/72/D/884/1999 31 July 2001 ENGLISH Original: FRENCH HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE Seventy-second session 9-27 July 2001 VIEWS Communication No. 884/1999 Submitted by: Ms. Antonina Ignatane (represented by counsel, Ms. Tatyana Zhdanok) Alleged victim: The author State party: Latvia Date of communication: 17 May 1998 (initial submission) Prior decisions: Special Rapporteur’s rule 91 decision, transmitted to the State party on 28 October 1999 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of Views: 25 July 2001 On 25 July 2001 the Human Rights Committee adopted its Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol in respect of communication No. 884/1999. The text of the Views is appended to the present document. [ANNEX] • Made public by decision of the Human Rights Committee. GE.01-43919