On Monday, 22 December, a case was initiated before the Constitutional Court regarding the compliance with Article 105 of the Constitution of a law, by which immovable property has been expropriated for public purposes – for ensuring health care services. The contested law determines expropriation of immovable property at 2 Tvaika Street in Riga for […]
On Tuesday, December 16, the final round table discussion of the EU-Council of Europe project “Support to the Development of Constitutional Justice in Ukraine” on “Public Interest as a Ground for Exercising Constitutional Review” took place in Riga. Judges and staff of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, as well as […]
Today, on 10 December, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgement in case No. 2024-21-0103 and recognised the regulation on the fee for the lawful use of land and the procedure for cadastral valuation of such land as being incompatible with the Constitution. The Constitutional Court concluded: fair balance between the right of every landowner to receive such […]
On 13 November 2025, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgement in case No. 2024-26-03. The Court recognised the provisions in the spatial plan of Jūrmala State City, by which the functional zoning of some land units had been changed from the territory of nature foundation to a territory for constructing detached houses, as being incompatible with Article 115 of […]
On Friday, 5 December, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgement in case No. 2024‑33‑05. The Court recognised the order by the Minister for Smart Administration and Regional Development on suspending the binding regulation of the local government council of Ropaži Municipality as being compatible with the Spatial Development Planning Law. The Court underscored that a local […]
On Thursday, 13 November, the Constitutional Court delivered a judgement in Case No 2024-26-03. The Court found the norms of amendments to the spatial plan of the city of Jūrmala, which provided for changing the functional zoning of certain land units from the territory of the natural base to the territory of the construction of detached houses, to […]
On 24 October 2025, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in case No 2024-16-01. The Court finds the norms establishing restrictions on the composition of electronic smoking devices and tobacco substitute products (tobacco-free nicotine pads) to be compatible with the first sentence of Article 91 and the first three sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution. The case was initiated […]
On Tuesday, 4 November, the Constitutional Court adopted amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Constitutional Court, providing for changes in the procedure of pronouncing a judgement. Henceforth, a judgement adopted at the court hearing with the participation of the parties to the case will be pronounced, outlining the most important circumstances of the case […]
On 28-31 October 2025, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia Irēna Kucina and Vice-president Anita Rodiņa participated in VI Congress of the World Conference of Constitutional Justice. This year, it was dedicated to challenges related to preservation of natural resources, climate change, protection of the cultural heritage of humanity, independence of constitutional […]
On 22 September 2025, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No 2024-28-01. The Court held that the provision which prevented a person convicted of an intentional criminal offence, regardless of whether the criminal record has been expunged or extinguished, from being in the State Fire and Rescue Service was incompatible with the first part of Article 101 […]
