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28.11.2024.

Irēna Kucina elected as the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia; Anita Rodiņa elected as the Vice-President

Today, 28 November, the elections of the President and the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia took place. Irēna Kucina was elected as the President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia for a three-year term unanimously, and Anita Rodiņa was elected as the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court […]

21.11.2024.

Dr.iur. Juris Juriss begins his duties as a Judge of the Constitutional Court

Today, on November 21, Dr.iur. Juris Juriss gave the Judge’s oath to President of Latvia Edgars Rinkēvičs and entered into office as the Judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia. About Juris Juriss Juris Juriss was born on 10 December 1975. In 2013, obtained a doctoral degree in criminal law from the […]

31.10.2024.

A case has been initiated on a norm prohibiting a person convicted of a deliberate criminal offence from being in the State Fire and Rescue Service

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 4, Clause 4 of the Law on the Course of Service of Officials with Special Service Ranks Working in Institutions of the System of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prison Administration, insofar as it prohibits a person who has been convicted for […]

24.10.2024.

Prohibition to hold the post of insolvency administrator by a person against whom criminal proceedings for the commission of a deliberate criminal offence have been dismissed on non-rehabilitating grounds is unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the prohibition to hold the position of insolvency administrator for a person against whom criminal proceedings for the commission of a deliberate criminal offence have been dismissed on non-rehabilitating grounds. The Court stressed that lifetime restrictions exclude the presumption that a person is capable of changing his or her behaviour […]

18.10.2024.

Requiring a person subject to administrative proceedings to sign the complaint to be submitted to the court does not preclude the rights of the defence

The Constitutional Court declared compatible with the Constitution the norm which established that the defence counsel of a natural person subject to administrative liability had no right to sign a complaint to be submitted to court. The Court emphasised that the requirement for the person to sign the complaint implements the principle of personal participation […]

17.10.2024.

Judges and legal staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia sharing their experience with the Ukrainian colleagues about the Latvian legal system’s integration into the EU

On 17 and 18 October 2024, a seminar for the judges and legal staff of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia and the Constitutional Court of Ukraine will be held in Riga, implemented in the framework of the project “Support to development of the constitutional justice in Ukraine” as part of the European […]

10.10.2024.

Rules on monitoring compulsory procurement are compatible with the Constitution

The Constitutional Court declared that the norms (in the wording in force until 31 March 2022) which established the procedures for cancelling the compulsory procurement rights granted to a merchant and imposed the obligation to repay the state aid received for a given period if the annual electricity report was not submitted are constitutional. The Constitutional […]

26.09.2024.

Judges of the Baltic States discuss judicial efficiency and cooperation with the Court of Justice of the European Union at conference

On Thursday, 26 September, the Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court, Irēna Kucina, attended the annual conference of judges of the Baltic States, moderating the conference session “20 years in the European Union: Interaction of the Baltic Courts with the Court of Justice of the European Union”. This year’s conference was held in Sigulda, Latvia, and […]

25.09.2024.

A case brought against the rules on the cancellation of mandatory procurement rights granted to a business operator

A case has been initiated before the Constitutional Court on compliance of Section 312(3) of the Electricity Market Law with Section 92 of the Constitution and on compliance of Sub-paragraphs 48.5, 48.8 and 60.1 (in the wording in force until 31 March 2022) of the Cabinet Regulation No 560 “Regulation Regarding the Generation of Electricity Using Renewable Energy […]

25.09.2024.

The Constitutional Court starts to examine a case on a norm which denies a person the right to hold the position of insolvency administrator

The Constitutional Court starts to examine a case on the conformity of Section 13(2)(3) of the Insolvency Law, insofar as it imposes a prohibition on a person against whom criminal proceedings for committing an intentional criminal offence have been terminated for reasons other than exoneration of the person, from working as an insolvency administrator, with […]

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