Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš Address to the Saeima on the centenary of the Constitution Riga, 15 February 2022 Esteemed Madam Speaker of the Saeima, Highly Honourable Mr President of the State, Highly Honourable Mr Prime Minister! Ladies and Gentlemen! The essence of the Constitution of the Republic of […]
Sanita Osipova President of the Constitutional Court Prof., Dr. iur. Speech by the President of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova at the opening of the Constitutional Court’s Judicial Year Riga 4 February 2022 Introduction Honourable Prime Minister, Honourable President of the Supreme Court, Honourable Mr Īvāns, Honourable Judge Mits of the European Court of Human […]
Sanita Osipova President of the Constitutional Court Prof., Dr. iur. Speech on the adoption of the constitutional law “On the Statehood of the Republic of Latvia” Riga 21 August 2021 On 21 August 1991, important events in the history of Latvian statehood occurred. Thirty years ago the fate of the existence of the State of […]
Sanita Osipova President of the Constitutional Court Prof., Dr. iur. Speech at the meeting of the judges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia Riga 19 November 2020 Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen! I am truly honoured to welcome you today in our second meeting. Last […]
Artūrs Kučs Justice of the Constitutional Court Assoc. Prof., Dr. iur. Presentation at the meeting of the judges of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia Riga 19 November 2020 THE FEW AGAINST MANY: PROTECTION OF MINORITIES IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen! The […]
Human Dignity in Technology Driven World: Role of Constitutional Courts Professor Ph.D. (Cantab.) Ineta Ziemele President, Constitutional Court of Latvia President of the Republic of Slovenia, President of the National Assembly, President of the Supreme Court, Judge at the Court of Justice of the EU, Human Rights Ombudsman, Minister of Justice, Your excellences, Ladies […]
Prof. Dr.iur. Daiga Rezevska Judge of the Constitutional court of Republic of Latvia Strasbourg 28 November 2019 Concretisation and implementation of social and economic rights by the Constitutional Court of Latvia – challenges and solutions for advancing social and economic rights at national level Protection of social and economic rights by the Constitution of the […]
The Freedom after Freedom Berlin 8th of November, 2019 Having reached a certain age, I have the privilege to remember. To remember what? I lived the experience of summer of 1989 in Riga and Berlin. In Riga was happening what we call Atmoda [Awakening]. People were happy and dizzy as would be anyone who is […]
Professor, PhD Ineta Ziemele President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Riga 18 October 2019 The Rule of law of today serving the European citizen[1] Rule of law is a dynamic and not a static principle. Its scope and our understanding about this principle lies in its evolution along with the development […]
Aldis Laviņš Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Maetaguse 26 September 2019 1. Legal basis Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia provides that in case of unjustified infringement of rights everyone has the right to appropriate compensation. In civil relations, the right to compensation for moral damages […]
