On 29 December 2021, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 56(3), 56(4) and 56(5) of the Law on Institutions of Higher Education with Articles 105, 112 and 113 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provisions Section 56(3) of the Law on Institutions of Higher Education […]

On 29 December 2021, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the second sentence of Section 631(3) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision According to the second sentence of Section 631(3) of the […]

On 29 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in Case No 2021‑09‑01 “On the compliance of Section 9.1(2) of the Law on the Road User Charge in the wording effective until 30 June 2020 and Section 149.40(2) of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code in the wording effective from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2020 with Article 1 and the first […]

A special episode of the Constitutional Court podcast Tversme is available as today. The President of the Court of Justice of the European Union Koen Lenaerts discusses with Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge and President of the Constitutional Court (2015-2020) Ineta Ziemele. This episode is specially dedicated to the […]

On 2 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in case No 2021‑07‑01 “On the compliance of Article 14(6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities with Articles 91 and 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision Article 14(6) of the […]

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia concludes the two months long experience sharing project with the Constitutional Court of Moldova. Within the framework of the project, the Constitutional Court’s employees and experts conducted several webinars to strengthen the capacity of the Constitutional Court of Moldova. In the framework of the experience sharing project, […]

The Constitutional Court launches the second stage in the experience sharing project with the Constitutional Court of Moldova. President of the Constitutional Court of Moldova Domnica Manole and Judges Nicolae Roșca, Liuba Șova, Serghei Țurcan and Vladimir Țurcan participate in the project. In the framework of the project, Judges of the Constitutional Court of Moldova […]

On 28 October 2021, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2020-66-03 “On compliance of Annex 1 to Cabinet Regulation No 810 of 13 December 2016 on classification of offices of officials with special service ranks working in institutions of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prisons Administration, insofar as […]

With a discussion on the current judicature of constitutional courts, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia concluded the first stage in the experience sharing project “Strengthening the Capacity of the Legal Service of the Constitutional Court of Moldova”. During the first stage of the project, nine lawyers from the Constitutional Court of Moldova […]

On 15 October 2021, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2020‑63‑01 “On Compliance of Para 34, Para 53 and Para 56 of Part 1 of Annex I (to Section 1102) to the Civil Law “List of Public Lakes and Rivers” with Article 1 and Article […]