Tomorrow, on 21 September, live streaming of the international conference “The Role of the Judiciary in Execution of Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)”, organised the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia with a view to strengthening the shared values within the European legal area and the […]

On 21 September, the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Latvia are organising an international conference “The Role of the Judiciary in Execution of Judgements of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)” with a view to strengthening the shared values within the European legal area and the dialogue between European courts. […]

On 31 August and 1 September 2023, President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia Aldis Laviņš and Adviser to the President Andrejs Stupins participated in the international conference “EUnited in diversity II: The Rule of Law and Constitutional Diversity” organised by the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Constitutional Court of Belgium, the Constitutional Court […]

A case has been brought before the Constitutional Court “On Compliance of Paragraph 3 of the Jūrmala City Council Binding Regulation No. 46 of 22 November 2012 “Management and Protection of Jūrmala City Greenery” with Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The applicant requested the Constitutional Court to declare Paragraph 3 […]

A case has been brought before the Constitutional Court “On Compliance of Paragraph 41 and Sub-paragraph 60.2 of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 2 September 2020 No. 560 “Regulations on Electricity Generation Using Renewable Energy Sources, as well as on the Procedure for Price Determination and Supervision” (in the version in force until 31 […]

A case “On Compliance of Section 50(1)(1) of the Education Law with Article 106 of the Constitution” has been initiated before the Constitutional Court. The contested provision stipulates that a person who has been convicted of committing a deliberate criminal offence (irrespective of the extinguishment or removal of the criminal record) may not work as a teacher, […]

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on the application of the Administrative Regional Court “On Compliance of Section 8(3)(204) and Section 9(1)(5) of Law On Personal Income Tax with the first three sentences of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. Section 8(3)(204) of the Personal Income Tax Law provides that winnings from […]

In 2021, celebrating the 25th anniversary of its existence, as well as to create a new dimension in the dialogue with society, the Constitutional Court of Latvia established the podcast Tversme, which discusses the values enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Constitution) and the role of the Constitutional Court […]

On Thursday, 29 June, the Constitutional Court recognised the following rules of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulations, which establish the lowest salary rate for pre-school teachers, as incompatible with the principle of legal equality set out in the first sentence of Article 91 of the Constitution. The contested rules have been declared void as of […]

The Constitutional Court of Latvia publishes a new episode of the podcast “Tversme”, in which Mr Aldis Laviņš, President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, and Mr Kari Kuusiniemi, President of the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland, discuss the role of constitutional courts in restoring peace and international order during crises, as […]