It is thus troubling to see the Committee dismiss so cavalierly the communication of Mercedes Carrión Barcaiztegui.

His opponents cavalierly dismiss the affair, with thedeputy head of President Leonid Kuchma's administration suggestingthat Yushchenko should hire a food taster.

In its review of country reports, as well as in its views on individual communications, the Human Rights Committee has upheld the rights of women to equal protection of the law, even in circumstances where compliance will require significant changes in local practice. It is thus troubling to see the Committee dismiss so cavalierly the communication of Isabel Hoyos Martínez de Irujo.