On 28 September, the Constitutional Court organised a webinar for pupils of Forms 9 and 12 – “Pupil – a responsible citizen of Latvia”. The webinar was a symbolic launch of the fourth edition of the completion of drawings and essays on the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia (hereafter – the Satversme). Classes from 66 […]
On 18 September 2020, the Constitutional Court delivered the judgement in case No. 2019-32-01 “On Compliance of Section 492 (1) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with the Second Sentence of Article 91 and Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 492 (1) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia provides: “A convicted person who […]
On 18 September 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 13.13, 13.16. and 13.20. “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 Republic of Latvia, the […]
On Thursday, 17 September, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele participated in an online conference organised by Mykolas Romeris University “70 Years of the European Convention on Human Rights: Challenges and Prospects”. In her presentation, she spoke about the challenges caused by COVID-19 pandemics to European countries and shared the experience of how the Latvian constitutional […]
By the decision of the Council of the European Union, adopted on 2 September, No. (EU) 2020/1251, Ineta Ziemele was appointed to the office of the Judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereafter – CJEU) for the remainder of the term of office of the former Judge of CJEU Egils Levits until 6 October […]
On 16 September 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “ On Compliance of the Words in Para 31 of Section 1(2) “or other operating aid for the production of electricity” and the First and the Second Part of Section 304 and Para 83 of the Transitional Provisions of the Electricity Market Law with Article 1 and […]
On 16 September 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the Second Sentence of Section 314 (1) of the Electricity Market Law with Article 1 and the First Sentence of Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm The second sentence of Section 314 (1) of the Electricity Market […]
On 15 September 2020, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2020‑22‑01 “On Compliance of Section 464 (1) of the Civil Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Section 464 (1) of the Civil Procedure Law: “In order to decide on an issue regarding the initiation […]
On 14 September 2020, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 23.1, 23.2., 23.8., 23.12. and 23.13. 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 Republic […]
On 11 September 2020, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 4 of Section 4 of the Law “On the Career Course of Service of Officials with Special Service Ranks Working in Institutions of the System of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prisons Administration” with Article 101 and Article 106 of […]
