From 29 January to 3 February, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele attended the annual solemn event for the opening of the judicial year of the European Court of Human Rights (hereafter also – ECtHR) in Strasbourg, France. The judicial year was opened by an international seminar, in which the participants from all Member States of the […]

On 22 January 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 2.2. of the Cabinet Regulation of 5 December 2011 No. 924 “Regulation on the Minimal Amount of the Old-age Pension”, Sub-para 2.1. of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December 2009 No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social Security Benefit and […]

On 15 January 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 37 (1) of the Civil Procedure Law, insofar it does not Envisage Repayment of the State Fee Paid of a Notice of Appeal if the Notice of Appeal is Dismissed, with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme […]

On Friday, 10 January, the solemn hearing of the Constitutional Court was held for the second time, during which, in the presence of officials from all branches of the state power, the new judicial year of the Constitutional Court was opened symbolically. The solemn hearing was opened by President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, who delivered […]

On 8 January 2020, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Sub-para 18.12. of the Cabinet Regulation of 17 May 2011 No. 378 “Procedures for Advertising Medicinal Products and Procedures by Which a Medicinal Product Manufacturer is Entitled to Give Free Samples of Medicinal Products to Physicians” with Article 100 and Article 105 of the […]

On Thursday, 19 December President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Inguss Kalniņš paid an official visit to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia (hereafter – the Slovenian Constitutional Court) to participate in the celebrations marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of […]

On 13 December 2019, the Constitutional Court held a Constitutional law expert’s think tank for the second time; the think tank was dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the Constitutional Court. The aim of the think tank was to bring together prominent Constitutional law scholars in Latvia to discuss current constitutional law issues. This time discussions […]

On 23 December 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019‑08‑01 “On Compliance of the Second Part of Article 17 and Article 19 of the Rules of Procedure of the Saeima with the Second Sentence of Article 92 and the First Sentence of Article 101 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The second […]

On 16 December 2019, the 2nd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 155(1) of the Labour Law with the first sentence of Article 110 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia”. The contested provision Section 155(1) of the Labour Law: “The father of a child is entitled to […]

On 17 December 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019‑03‑01 “On Compliance of Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm  Para 4 of Section 38 (2) of the law “On Local Governments” provides that in addition […]