On 21 April 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No. 2021-27-01 “On Compliance of the First Sentence of Paragraph 4 of Transitional Provisions of the Construction Law with Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 91 and the First Sentence of Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The […]

Today, 25 April, the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš and Vice-President Irēna Kucina met with Christian Heldt, the German Ambassador to Latvia. During the meeting, cooperation between the constitutional courts of the two countries in strengthening the rule of law and exchanging experience was discussed. Aldis Laviņš, the President, highlighted “The legal cooperation […]

From 21 to 22 April, the Constitutional Court was visited by the Lithuanian Constitutional Court’s staff to discuss with the Advisers and Judge Assistants of the Constitutional Court of Latvia the organisation of the work of the two courts, current case-law and the institution of the constitutional complaint. At the beginning of the visit, the […]

Yesterday, 11 April, Aldis Laviņš, the President of the Constitutional Court, met with Ineta Ziemele, the Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, to discuss issues of cooperation within the framework of the judicial dialogue. The President of the Constitutional Court and the Judge of the Court of Justice of the European […]

On 30 March 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No 2021‑23‑01 “On Compliance of Section 32, Paragraphs Four and Eight of the Law on the Election of Local Government Councils with Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provisions Section 32, Paragraph Four of the Law on […]

On Monday, 4 April, the President of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš and the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court Irēna Kucina met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to the Republic of Latvia Aurélie Royet-Gounin. The meeting was organised on the initiative of the French Ambassador. Opening the meeting, Aldis […]

On 25 March 2022, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in the Case No. 2021‑25‑03 “Regarding Compliance of Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of the Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 859 of 8 November 2011 “Regulations on the Maximum Amount of Legal Aid Expenses to be Reimbursed to a Natural Person” (in the […]

On 28 March 2022 the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated a case “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 Binding Regulations No. 22/2021 of the Ķekava Municipality Council dated 8 September 2021 “Regarding the […]

On 10th March 2022, the Constitutional Court delivered its judgement in case No. 2021-24-03 “On the compliance of paragraph 2418 of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 360 of 9 June 2020 “Epidemiological safety measures for the containment of the spread of COVID-19 infection” (in the wording that was in force from 7 April 2021 until 19 May 2021) with the first sentence of […]

Today, on 10 March 2022, Justice Irēna Kucina was elected as Vice-President of the Constitutional court of Latvia. The election of the Vice-President was held remotely, via videoconference. The secret ballot was carried out by electronic means. Video recording of the Court’s hearing is available here [in Latvian]: Statement by the elected Vice-President Justice Irēna […]