A special episode of the Constitutional Court podcast Tversme is available as today. The President of the Court of Justice of the European Union Koen Lenaerts discusses with Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Judge and President of the Constitutional Court (2015-2020) Ineta Ziemele. This episode is specially dedicated to the […]

On 10 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in the case No. 2021-11- 01 “On the compliance of Section 10(2) and Para 1 of Section 15(1) of the Military Service Law with the first sentence of Article 91 and with Article 102 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision […]

On 2 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgment in case No 2021‑07‑01 “On the compliance of Article 14(6) of the Law on Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities with Articles 91 and 107 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision Article 14(6) of the […]

On 3 December 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted the judgement in case No 2021‑12‑03 “On the compliance of Clause 11 of the Riga City Council Biding Regulation No 111 of 18 December 2019 “Procedures for Granting the Real Estate Tax Relief in Riga” (wording effective until 31 December 2020) with Article 1 and first sentence of Article 105 of the Constitution of the […]

On 8 December 2021, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 of Section 6 of the Law on the Election of Local Government Councils with the First Sentence of Article 101(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Provision Para 2 of Section 6 of the Law on the […]

The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia concludes the two months long experience sharing project with the Constitutional Court of Moldova. Within the framework of the project, the Constitutional Court’s employees and experts conducted several webinars to strengthen the capacity of the Constitutional Court of Moldova. In the framework of the experience sharing project, […]

On 4 November 2021, the Constitutional Court adopted a judgement in Case No 2021‑05‑01 “On Compliance of Section 242, Clause 5 of the Civil Law with Articles 96 and 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested norm Section 242, Clause 5 of the Civil Law (hereinafter referred to as – the […]

On 12 November 2021, the Constitutional Court delivered judgement in case No. 2018‑18‑01 “On Compliance of Section 14 1 (2) of the Road Traffic Law with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 141(2) of the Road Traffic Law (hereafter – the contested norm): “Information on a vehicle owned by a legal […]

The Constitutional Court launches the second stage in the experience sharing project with the Constitutional Court of Moldova. President of the Constitutional Court of Moldova Domnica Manole and Judges Nicolae Roșca, Liuba Șova, Serghei Țurcan and Vladimir Țurcan participate in the project. In the framework of the project, Judges of the Constitutional Court of Moldova […]

On 28 October 2021, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2020-66-03 “On compliance of Annex 1 to Cabinet Regulation No 810 of 13 December 2016 on classification of offices of officials with special service ranks working in institutions of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prisons Administration, insofar as […]