On 27 June, the Constitutional Court delivered a judgement in case No. 2024-07-01. The Court held that Section 7(1) and Section 71(4) of the Law “On State Compensation to Victims”, insofar as they determine the maximum amount of State compensation to be granted in the event of death of a person, providing for its distribution in proportion to the number of […]
On 18 June, the Constitutional Court of Lithuania organised the XVIII bilateral conference of the Constitutional Courts of Lithuania and Latvia in Vilnius. The friendship between the Constitutional Courts of Lithuania and Latvia started in 1996, when the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia was established. From 2000, work experience was shared during the […]
On Friday, June 13, proceedings of the Constitutional Court’s international conferences were published digitally. These are collections of the presentations given by participants of the conferences held in 2024, 2023 and 2022, in Latvian and in English. The conference of 2024 “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in Concretising the Shared Values Uniting Europe” was held […]
The Constitutional Court delivered a judgement in Case No. 2024-20-01. The Court declared Section 1 of the Law on Dismissal of the Rēzekne State City Local Government Council, which dissolved the Rēzekne State City Local Government Council, to be compatible with Article 1 and Article 101 of the Constitution. The Constitutional Court emphasised that a democratic state governed by the […]
On Friday, 25 April, the Constitutional Court held an international conference on the role of constitutional courts in ensuring the resilience of common European values in face of contemporary challenges. Constitutional courts not only protect individual rights, legal interests and fundamental freedoms, they also play an important role in the long-term stabilisation of the democratic […]
On Friday, 25 April, the international conference, organised by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, will take place, focusing on shared challenges to the resilience of the common European values, currently faced by the European constitutional courts currently face. Constitutional courts have a special responsibility and task to defend a democratic constitutional State […]
On 25 April, the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia will hold a conference on the challenges to the resilience of the common European values that the European constitutional courts presently face. The possibilities for the constitutional courts to defend democracy in circumstances of geopolitical tensions, at the same time maintaining balance with human […]
On Friday, 14 March, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in case no. 2022‑32‑01. The Constitutional Court established that the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law which govern proving of the origin of criminally acquired property in proceedings on criminally acquired property derived from criminal proceedings on money laundering comply with the Constitution. The Court emphasised that the […]
In February 2025, the Constitutional Court delivered judgments in three cases: By a judgment of 13 February 2025 in case No. 2024-06-01 it was declared that the obligation to use the official language in paid pre-election campaigns conforms to Article 100 of the Constitution. The case was initiated on the basis of a constitutional complaint submitted by a political party. According to the abovementioned […]
In January 2025, 21 applications have been handed over for review to panels of the Constitutional Court. All the applications were submitted to the Court by private individuals. In total, 10 cases were initiated by the Constitutional Court after reviewing applications submitted at the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. Most of the cases have been […]
