President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš Opening address at the conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe” Riga, 1 March 2024 Highly honourable Minister for Justice! Dear colleagues, Judges, professors and conference participants! Welcome to the International Conference of the Constitutional Court of Latvia “The […]

Esteemed Mr President, Esteemed President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Excellences, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear participants on-site and those following us remotely, This is the sixth time when the new judicial year of the Constitutional Court is opened at a solemn hearing, at which the Constitutional Court reports to every person […]

Contribution by Mr Aldis Laviņš, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Conference “The Contribution of Constitutional Courts in Protecting and Strengthening Fundamental Values of Democracy, Rule of Law, and Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms” organised by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo in Pristina.   Distinguished Colleagues! On behalf […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court Speech at the international conference “The Role of the Judiciary in Execution of Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights” 21 September 2023 Honourable Madam President of the European Court of Human Rights, Esteemed President of the Supreme Court, Honourable colleagues, judges, and participants of the Conference, […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court Address at the General Assembly of the Council of the Notaries of the European Union 30 June 2023 Dear participants of the General Assembly of the Council of the Notaries of the European Union! Dear colleagues! First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to the […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court Speech at the event in honor of the centenary of The Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates 2 June 2023   Esteemed Mr President of Latvia! Mr President of the Supreme Court! Highly honourable Minister for Justice! Highly honoured Bar Association! “An independent and impartial judiciary is one of […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Address at the award ceremony of the competition of drawings and essays by pupils 3 March 2023   Dear pupils and teachers! Dear Madam Minister! Dear audience! It is a great pleasure for me to welcome the pupils and teachers who have gathered here – in […]

Aldis Laviņš President of the Constitutional Court Report of the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš on the development of constitutional law in Latvia in 2022 Riga, 3 February 2023 Excellencies! Ladies and Gentlemen! Dear audience! For the fifth time, the new working year of the Constitutional Court is opened with a solemn session […]

Keynote presentation Constitutional traditions and constitutional endurance President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Aldis Laviņš 25 October 2022 Gerbiamosios ponios, gerbiamieji ponai, konferencijos dalyviai! Lietuvos Konstitucinio teismo šeima! Latvijos Respublikos Konstitucinio Teismo šeimos vardu iš visos širdies sveikinu Jus Lietuvos Konstitucijos priėmimo trisdešimtųjų metinių proga! Mes visada glaudžiai, kartu ėjome pirmyn, […]

Honourable President of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia, Mr Chairman, Distinguished colleagues, I am truly honoured to address the participants of the 5th Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice. It is my conviction that the World Conference on Constitutional Justice is a strategically important forum to promote and facilitate judicial dialogue on a global […]