On 2 September 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 31.15., 31.29. and 31.30. 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, the Article 101 of the Satversme of the […]

On 4 September 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 39.1, 39.8., 39.9., 39.12., 39.19. and 39.22. 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, Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic […]

On 27 August 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 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 the First Sentence of the Second Part Article 101 of […]

On 27 August 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 11.2. 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 the First Part of Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic […]

On 27 August 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 19.18. and 19.20. 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 the Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]

On Thursday, 27 August, Justice of the Constitutional Court Artūrs Kučs participated remotely in the international conference, held by the Constitutional Council of Kazakhstan, “Constitution of the 21st Century – the Rule of Law, Human Value and Effectiveness of the State”. This year, Kazakhstan celebrates the 25th anniversary of its Constitution. Artūrs Kučs spoke about the […]

On Friday, 28 August, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and Advisor to the President Inguss Kalniņš met with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Latvia Govert Jan Cornelis Bijl de Vroe. The initiative of the Netherlands’ Government to develop, in the framework of bilateral cooperation, projects of closer dialogue to […]

Today, on 31 August, Marika Laizāne-Jurkāne commences work as the Head of the Constitutional Court’s Administration. This position was created in reinforcing the management model for the Constitutional Court’s Administration in compliance with the European best practice examples. The Constitutional Court, as one of the constitutional bodies of the State, needs appropriate and professional administrative support. […]

On Thursday, 27 August, during the press conference held at the Constitutional Court, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Director of the marketing and public opinion research centre SKDS Arnis Kaktiņš informed the public about the results of the first ever survey in which Latvian residents had been evaluating the Constitutional […]

In the first half of the year, the Constitutional Court initiated 40 cases, which significantly exceeds the total number of cases initiated in the previous year. As a result, active work in the Constitutional Court will continue into the second half of the year. Currently, the Constitutional Court is preparing 21 cases. 11 cases have […]