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29.05.2023.

Dialogue between the Constitutional Courts of the Baltic States strengthens the rule of law and the protection of fundamental rights of every citizen in the region

On 23-25 May, a 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. The Constitutional Court of Latvia was represented by its President Aldis Laviņš, Vice-President Irēna Kucina, Judges Anita Rodiņa and Jautrīte Briede, as well as […]

11.05.2023.

New episode of the podcast of the Constitutional Court of Latvia. Dineke de Groot, the President of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands: The law must work for people

Today, 11 May, the Constitutional Court of Latvia publishes a new episode of the podcast “Tversme”, in which Irēna Kucina, the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of Latvia, and Dineke de Groot, the President of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, talk about the tradition of constitutional review and protection of constitutional […]

05.05.2023.

Provision that requires a person to be presumed guilty of previous violation case in repeated tax violation case before the court judgement in this case has entered into effect is incompatible with the Constitution

The Constitutional Court held that a provision that requires a person to be presumed guilty of committing a previous tax violation in a repeated tax violation case, even though the decision on that tax violation has been appealed against in court and the court judgement on it has not yet entered into effect, is incompatible […]

03.05.2023.

Land use rights comply with the Constitution, while the amount of land use fees does not

The Constitutional Court held that the right to use land regulated in the contested provisions, which replaced the previously existing compulsory lease of land, must be recognised as being compatible with the Constitution. However, the land use fee established in the contested provisions does not comply with the right to own property guaranteed by the […]

28.04.2023.

The case has been initiated regarding the provision which denies the right to an old-age pension for the persons whose permanent place of residence at the time of applying for the pension is not in Latvia

On 25 April 2023, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 3, Paragraph seven of the law on State Pensions with the first sentence of Section 91 and Section 109 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision Section 3, Paragraph one of the law […]

24.04.2023.

Suspension of the ban on gambling by the Ķekava Municipality local government complies with the regulatory framework

On 20 April 2023, the Constitutional Court has rendered a judgement in the case No. 2022‑13‑05 “Regarding Compliance of the Order No. 1-2/11040 of 21 December 2021 of the Minister for Environmental Protection and Regional Development “Regarding Suspension of the Effect of the Binding Regulation No. 22/2021 of the Ķekava Municipality Council dated 8 September […]

27.03.2023.

Judges of the Constitutional Court of Latvia and the Supreme Court of the Netherlands meet in the framework of the bilateral dialogue

On Friday, 17 March, the delegation of the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of the Netherlands paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court of Latvia. The judges shared their experience on the specifics of the competence and procedure of the two courts, and discussed current case law.  The Constitutional Court was represented at the bilateral […]

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