On 4 June 2019, the Constitutional Court adopted a decision on referring a question to the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter CJEU) for a preliminary ruling in case No. 2018‑18‑01 “On Compliance of Section 141 (2) of the Road Traffic Law with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Constitutional Court established […]

From 30 to 31 May, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Head of the Court’s Legal Department Alla Spale attended the international conference, dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Belarus, on the development of constitutionality today (Modern Constitutional Development: the Role of Constitutional Review in Constitutionalisation of Law) in […]

From 22 to 24 May Kristaps Tamužs, Legal Advisor to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia participated in the meeting of the Constitutional Justice-Joint Council of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) in Rome, Italy. The Council of Constitutional Justice unites representatives from the constitutional courts and institutions of […]

On Tuesday, 21 May, the Speaker of the Saeima Ināra Mūrniece paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court. Ināra Mūrniece and the delegation led by her were received by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Constitutional Court Justices Sanita Osipova, Gunārs Kusiņš, Daiga Rezevska, and Artūrs Kučs. During the meeting, the parties discussed topical issues […]

On 16 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-17-03 “On Compliance of Para 459 of the Binding Regulation of the Riga City Council of 7 February 2006 No. 38 “Regulation on the Use of and Construction in the Territory of the Historical Centre of Riga and the Protective Zone Thereof” with the First, the Second […]

On 16 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-21-01 “On Compliance of Section 4 (1) and Para 2 of Section 20 (1) of “Law on State Social Allowances”, insofar these Apply to Remuneration for Performing the Duties of a Guardian”, with Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms                                                                         Section 4 (1) of […]

From 13 to 14 May, the Judge of the International Court of Justice Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade pays an official visit to Latvia upon the invitation by the Constitutional Court. The Judge is welcomed by the Constitutional Court, the Court invites all interested parties to use the rare opportunity to listen to the live broadcast […]

On 9 May 2019, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2.11. of the Regulation of 2 December 2018 of the Financial and Capital Market Commission No. 198 “Regulation on Determining the Amount of Payments by the Financial and Capital Market Participants for Financing the Financial and Capital Market Commission in 2019 and […]

Today, on May 8, the judges of the Constitutional Court met with representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia (hereafter – the diplomatic corps). The meeting was organised in order to introduce the representatives of the diplomatic corps with the Constitutional Court and its competence as well as to provide information on topical constitutional law […]