On 11 October 2017, the Constitutional Court adopted a decision in case No. 2017-10-01 “On Compliance of Section 629 (5) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and on Compliance of the Second Sentence of Section 631 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 91 […]

On 6 October 2017 the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in case No. 2016-24-03 “On Compliance of Para 2361“Use of Territory and Construction Rules” of Binding Regulation No.8 of 24 March 2016 by Jūrmala City Council “On Approving the Graphic Part, Regulation on the Use of Territory and Construction in the Spatial Plan of Jūrmala City” with Article 115 […]

From the 2nd to the 4th of October of the current year, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova and Justice of the Constitutional Court Jānis Neimanis, as well as the Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Laila Jurcēna will go on an official […]

On 28 September 2017, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Section 213 and the Seventh Part of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested norms Section 213 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code (hereinafter – the […]

On 25 September 2017, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of the Second and the Third Part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms The second part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law: “An […]

On 18 September 2017, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Fifth and the Seventh Part of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Norms Section 28920 (5) of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code: “If the judge, to […]

From 11 September to 14 September, the delegation of the Constitutional Court, headed by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, attended IV Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (hereinafter – the Conference) in Vilnius, Lithuania. The theme chosen for the Congress of this year was “The Rule of Law and Constitutional […]

Today, on 13 September, a delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe [hereinafter – the Congress] visited the Constitutional Court in the framework of its monitoring visit. The Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova, the Justice of the Constitutional Court Daiga Rezevska and the Head of the Legal […]

From 11 September to 14 September the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, Justices of the Constitutional Court Gunārs Kusiņš and Aldis Laviņš, as well as the Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Laila Jurcēna will attend the IV Congress of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice (hereinafter – the Conference) in Vilnius, Lithuania. An official […]

On 4 September 2017 the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated case “On Compliance of Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41(1) of Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance of Owners of Motor Vehicles Law with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” Contested Norm Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41 (1) of Compulsory Civil […]