On Wednesday, 6 May, at 2pm, the Constitutional Court will sit to elect the President and the Vice-President of the Court. In view of the emergency situation declared in the state to limit the spread of COVID-19, the election of the President and the Vice-President of the Constitutional Court will be held remotely in video […]
On 27 April 2020, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On compliance of Section 236 (1) of the Criminal Law (in the Wording that was in Force until 31 March 2013) with Article 90 and Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and of the Transitional Provision of […]
On Tuesday, 21 April, President of the Constitutional Court Prof. Ineta Ziemele spoke at the webinar of academic blog Strasbourg Observers about the continuity of the Constitutional Court’s work and challenges to the protection of the rule of law and fundamental rights during the state of emergency, which was proclaimed in Latvia on 12 March and was extended to […]
In order to restrict the spread of the Covid-19 virus, on 12 March Latvia declared a state of emergency which was extended to 12 May. During the state of emergency the Constitutional Court takes precautionary measures to suppress the spread of the virus and prevent health risks to the staff and visitors of the Court. The Constitutional […]
On 14 April 2020, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of the First Sentence of Section 45 (5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm The first sentence of Section 45 (5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia: “Convicted […]
Tomorrow, 9 April, will be accessible the publication for information purposes created by the Constitutional Court “Article 92 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia: the Right to a Fair Trial. Case law of the Constitutional Court”. This will be the first edition in the series of publications launched by the Constitutional Court and dedicated to […]
On 26 March 2020, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019-15-01 “On Compliance of the Third Sentence of Section 564 (7) and Section 570 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The third sentence of Section 564 (7) of the Criminal Procedure Law: […]
On 20 March 2020, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2019‑10‑0103 “On Compliance of Section 423 (1) of Energy Law (in the wording that was in force until 7 March 2016) and Para 56, Para 58 and Para 87 of the Cabinet Regulation of 16 December 2008 No. 1048 “Regulation on the Supply and Use of Natural Gas” with Article 64 and Article 105 […]
On Monday, 23 March, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele took part in a joint meeting of heads of national constitutional bodies summoned by the State President Egils Levits to discuss basic principles of their work during the national state of emergency. Among participants of the joint meeting were the Speaker of the Saeima […]
On 23 March 2020, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2 of the First Part and the Second Part of Section 16 of the Law “On State Pensions” as well as Sub-para 2.2 and 2.3. of the Cabinet Regulation of 22 December 2009 No. 1605 “Regulations Regarding the Amount of the State Social […]
