On 6 March 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018‑11‑01 “On Compliance of Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 (92) of the law “On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities” with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Para 1 and Para 2 […]

On 4 March 2019, the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 1 (1) of the Law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to the Education Law” with the Second Sentence of Article 91 and the First Sentence of Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) of the law of 22 March 2018 “Amendments to […]

On 5 March 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-08-03 “On Compliance of Para 18 and Para 20 of the Binding Regulation of the Jūrmala City Council of 4 September 2014 No. 27 “Regulation on the Operations and Maintenance of the Municipal Cemeteries of Jūrmala City” with Article 1 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The […]

On 1 March 2019, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” provides that in […]

On 25 February 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 3 of the Cabinet Regulation of 12 December 2017 No. 724 “Regulation on the Qualification Criteria of the Experts of the Latvian Council of Science, Establishing of Experts’ Committees and Organising of the Work thereof” and the decision of 15 January 2018 by the […]

On 21 February 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-10-0103 “On Compliance of Section 2371 (2) of the Criminal Law, in the Wording that was in Force from 1 April 2013 to 1 December 2015, with Article 90 and the Second Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and of Sub-para ”e” of Annex 10A905 to the […]

On Friday, 15 February, on the 97th anniversary of the adoption of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Satversme), the awards ceremony of the competition of drawings by 6th form pupils “My Fundamental Rights in the Satversme” and essays by pupils of 9th and 12th forms “The Next Hundred Years of the […]

On Wednesday, 6 February, the President of the Supreme Court Ineta Ziemele visited the Supreme Court of Finland and Latvia’s Embassy in Finland, as well as attended the conference of the judges of Finland’s administrative courts, which was held to mark the day of administrative judges in Finland. At the Supreme Court of Finland, Ineta Ziemele met […]

Today, on 5 February, the President of the Constitutional Court participated in the international conference organised by the University of Tampere on the protection of the rule of law in Europe (“How can we protect the Rule of Law in Europe”), held in Tampere, Finland. The conference was organised in connection with Finland’s Presidency of […]

The Constitutional Court, responding to the invitation expressed by the European Law Institute (hereinafter also – ELI), has become the Institutional Observer at ELI. The Constitutional Court’s membership in the European Law Institute is an important event since this will be another opportunity for the Justices and employees of the Constitutional Court, jointly with other […]