On Thursday, 4 June, the University of Latvia Faculty of Law (ULFL) team guided by the Constitutional Court judge Artūrs Kučs and his assistant Eva Vīksna won the Eighth European Human Rights Moot Court Competition organised by the European Law Students Association (ELSA). The team included Kristiāna Pētersone, who is an assistant to the Constitutional Court […]

Today, on 3 June, the State President Egils Levits visited the Constitutional Court. As part of the dialogue between constitutional bodies, the President and the Constitutional Court judges talked about the continuity of the Constitutional Court’s work in the emergency situation, discussed relevant issues in constitutional law in Latvia, as well as matters related to […]

On 2 June 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 9 of the Law “On Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Threat to the State and Its Consequences Due to the Spread of COVID-19” with Article 1 and the First Sentence of Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]

On 1 June 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 34 (1) of the Law “On Taxes and Duties, insofar it Envisages Calculation and Collection from the Taxpayer a Fine in the Amount of 100 Per Cent of the Underpaid Tax Due to the Budget, with Article 105 of the Satversme of the […]

On 28 May 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Compensation for Damages Caused in Criminal Proceedings and Record-Keeping of Administrative Violations” with Article 1 and the Third Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic […]

On 20 May 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 8 of Section 15 of the Security Guards Activity Law with the First Sentence of Article 106 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm  Para 8 of Section 15 of the Security Guards Activity Law provides that it is prohibited […]

On 15 May 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2019-17-05 “On Compliance of the Order by the Minister for Environment Protection and Regional Development of 25 April 2019 No. 1‑2/59 “On Suspending the Regulation on the Opinion Poll of the Inhabitants of Ikšķile Region “Vote of Ikšķile Region”” with Article 1 and Article 101 of the […]

On 15 May 2020, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 and Para 3 of the Cabinet Regulation of 3 December 2019 No. 579 “Regulation on the Minimal Amount of the Old-age Pension” with Article 1, Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms Para 2 of the Cabinet […]

On 12 May 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 8 and Section 9 of the Law “On Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Threat to the State and Its Consequences Due to the Spread of COVID-19” with Article 1, the First Sentence of Article 91 and the First and the Third […]

On 8 May 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 9 of the Law “On Measures for the Prevention and Suppression of Threat to the State and Its Consequences Due to the Spread of COVID-19” with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and Article 49 of […]