On 18 and 19 April 2024, Judges and staff members of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the European Court of Human Rights met to discuss several aspects of the development of the dialogue between the two Courts, as well as understanding of the principles of sustainability and good legislation process on the national and […]
On 16 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Artūrs Kučs as Judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of Latvia. We are proud of this esteemed international recognition of his exceptional qualifications and extensive expertise in human rights. For information On 2 September 2024, expires the term of […]
On 15th and 16th March, a delegation of the Latvian Constitutional Court participated in the 138th Plenary Session of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission) and the 21st meeting of the Bureau of the World Conference on Constitutional Justice, in which the resolution proposed by the Latvian Constitutional Court on restoring the international legal […]
On 1 March of 2024, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia organized the international conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe”. The conference was held to honour the 20th anniversary since Latvia became a Member State of the European Union. Values like democracy, the rule of […]
Today at 10.00, to mark the 20th anniversary of Latvia’s membership in the European Union, the Constitutional Court will hold international conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe” to initiate discussion among the European national constitutional courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European […]
On February 29, the fourth trilateral cooperation meeting was held with the participation of judges of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania and the Supreme Court of Estonia. In the working sessions, the judges made presentations on procedural guarantees arising from the right to a fair trial, constitutional protection of the national […]
A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on the application of the Riga City Court on the conformity of Paragraph 113 of Cabinet Regulation No. 50 of 21 January 2014, Regulations on Electricity Trade and Use, with Article 64 and Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and Section 32, […]
On 1 March 2024, to mark the 20th anniversary of Latvia’s membership in the European Union, the Constitutional Court will hold international conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe” to initiate discussion among the European national constitutional courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the […]
Today, on 19 February, within the framework of the European Union and the Council of Europe Joint Programme “The Partnership for Good Governance”, the project “Support to development of constitutional justice in Ukraine”, which will last until August 2025, was launched. Judges and employees of the Latvian and Ukrainian Constitutional Courts, as well as representatives […]
The Constitutional Court found that the currently effective version of Section 58 of the Transitional Provisions of the Immigration Law complies with the Constitution. The Court concluded that the contested provision, when viewed systemically in the context of other legal provisions, gives citizens of the Russian Federation a real ability to obtain a new legal […]
