On Monday, 3 December, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met with the Ambassador of the Republic of Italy (hereinafter – Italy) to the Republic of Latvia Sebastiano Fulci. During the meeting, the parties discussed the possibilities for developing a closer cooperation between the Latvian Constitutional Court and the Italian Constitutional Court in the […]
On Friday, 2 November, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele gave a presentation at the conference of creative industries “Subject: Creativity”. In her presentation, she spoke about freedom and knowledge that serve as a pre-condition for creating ideas and inspiring society. In the beginning of her presentation, Ineta Ziemele proposed a thesis that all […]
On 14 November 2018, the Constitutional Court at its assignments sitting initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 40 in the Cabinet Regulation of 30 May 2006 No. 423 “The Internal Regulations of an Institution for Deprivation of Liberty” with Article 112 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia” The Contested Norm Para 40 in the Cabinet […]
On 12 November 2018, the 4th Panel of 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 Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 112 and Article 114 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 1 (1) of the law […]
On 15 November 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in the case “On Compliance of the Order by the Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development of 26 September 2017 No. 1-2/7346 “On Suspending Sub-para 1.3., in the part determining catering costs (parents’ payment) in the special pre-school institutions of education, and suspending Para 7 of the Decision […]
From 5 November to 8 November, the Advisor of the Constitutional Court Gatis Bārdiņš, as well as the Assistants to Justices Elīna Semeņuka and Baiba Bakmane visited the Court of Justice of the European Union to share experience. During the visit, they met with the Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union Egils Levits, […]
On Friday, 26 October, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met the Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova (hereinafter – Moldova) to Latvia Eugen Revenco. During the meeting, the parties discussed matters of cooperation pertaining to possible experience sharing of the lawyers from the Constitutional Court of Moldova at the Constitutional Court of […]
On Friday, 26 October, the participants of the intensive study programme at the Riga Graduate School of Law from Eastern Europe, the Balkan countries and the states of Central Asia visited the Constitutional Court. At the Constitutional Court, the visitors were welcomed by the Advisors of the Constitutional Court Kristaps Tamužs and Uldis Krastiņš. The Advisors provided to […]
From 24 October to 26 October, the Justice of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš and the Assistant to the Justice of the Constitutional Court Andrejs Stupins will participate in the festive conference dedicated to the 9th anniversary of the Constitutional Court of Kosovo, held in Pristina, Kosovo. The solemn ceremony will be opened by the President of the […]
Today, on 22 October, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Latvia Govert Jan Cornelis Bijl de Vroe. During the meeting, the parties discussed recent developments in the field of the constitutional law as well as issues related […]
