On 4 June 2021, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 32(4) and (8) of the Law on the Election of Local Government Councils with Article 101 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Provisions Section 32(4) of the Law on the Election of Local Government […]
On 4 June 2021 the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Constitutional Court) adopted a judgment in case no. 2020-39-02 “On the Compliance of Article 3(c), Article 4(3), Article 12(1) of the Council of Europe Convention of 11 May 2011 Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence […]
On 28 May 2021, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of the second sentence of Section 4441(3) of the Civil Procedure Law (in the wording which was in force from 1 March 2018 until 19 April 2021) with the first sentence of Article 92 of the Constitution of the […]
On 28 May 2021, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2020-43-0106 “On Compliance of Sub-para 31.15., 31.29., 31.30., 32.1., 32.4. and 36.2. of “Annex to the Law on Administrative Territories and Populated Areas “Administrative Territories, Administrative Centres thereof and the Units of Territorial Division”” with Article 1 and Article 101 of the […]
On 28 May 2021, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2020‑52‑01 “On Compliance of the Words “or another aid to the activity for the generation of electricity” in Para 31 of Section 1 (2), the First and the Second Part of Section 304 , the Second Sentence in Section 314 (1) and Para 83 of the Transitional Provisions […]
On 27 May 2021 , the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2020-49-01 “On Compliance of the First Part of Section 8 and the Second and the Third Part of Section 81 of the Law “On Control of Aid for Commercial Activity” with Article 1, Article 91, Article 92 and Article 105 of […]
On Friday, 21 May, the President of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova met with Christian Heldt, Ambassador of Germany to Latvia. The parties discussed the importance of a constitution and the values enshrined in it, accentuating the role of a constitutional court in the implementation of those values. Sanita Osipova argued that, nowadays, society is […]
On Friday, 14 May, Justices of the Constitutional Court met remotely with Mārtiņš Mits, judge of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The judges discussed legal matters of current importance, the recent case law of the two courts, and talked about methodological issues. The President of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova underscored the need for […]
On 8 May 2021, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the compliance of Section 7011(4) of the Criminal Law and Section 358(1) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 91 and the first, second, and third sentence of Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic […]
On 7 May 2021, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On the compliance of Section 7011(4) of the Criminal Law and Section 358(1) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the first sentence of Article 91 and with Article 105 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. Contested Provisions Section 7011(4) […]
