On 25 September 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 9 of Annex 2 and Para 9 of Annex 4 of the Cabinet Regulation of 21 November 2018 No. 716 “Regulation on the National Guidelines on Pre-school Education and Model Programmes of Pre-school education” with Article 64, the first sentence of Article 112 and Article 114 of […]
On 19 and 20 September, Uldis Krastiņš, the Adviser to the Constitutional Court, participated in a seminar organised by the Academy of European Law (Europäische Rechtsakademie; hereafter – ERA) in Brussels on the legal regulation of the European Union (hereafter – the EU) on prohibition of discrimination. ERA seminar was organised for the judges of European […]
Today, on 23 September, the Constitutional Court announced the third successive competition of pupils’ drawings and essays dedicated to the basic law of this country – the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Satversme). The competition is organised to mark the 98th anniversary since the adoption of the Satversme. The Constitutional Court invited teachers […]
On 19 September 2019, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 464 (41) of the Civil Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 464 (41) of the Civil Procedure Law provides that the decision adopted at the assignments […]
Today, on 16 September, President Egils Levits visited to Constitutional Court to take part in the opening of the book “The Satversme of the Republic of Latvia. Findings by the Constitutional Court” and discuss with the Justices relevant developments in the constitutional law in Latvia. During the opening of the book “The Satversme of the Republic […]
From 12 to 13 September, Justice of the Constitutional Court Artūrs Kučs will attend a high-level conference organised by the Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) and the Constitutional Council (Conseil constitutionnel) of France, to which Presidents and representatives of all European constitutional and supreme courts have been invited. The conference aims to promote judicial dialogue and […]
On Monday, 9 September, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele participated in the 5th Conference of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (hereafter – PACE) dedicated to the role of national parliaments in implementing the European Conventions on Human Rights (hereafter – ECHR) and effective execution of judgements by the European Court of […]
From 4 to 6 September, Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova and Justice Aldis Laviņš will participate in the annual conference of the European Law Institute in Vienna. The conference will provide an opportunity to the Justices to gain information about recent developments in the European Union law in various areas; however, the issues of […]
On Saturday, 31 August, the discussion organised by the Constitutional Court “Is everything that hurts fundamental rights?” to mark the centenary of the Library was held at the Latvian National Library. It was moderated by Vice-president of the Constitutional Court professor Sanita Osipova, Lauris Liepa, the leading partner of the law office “COBALT” and Aidis Tomsons, […]
Today, on 4 September, the Constitutional Court, in co-operation with the Ministry of Justice and the Court Administration, for the third successive year announces a competition, which gives an opportunity to judges from courts of general jurisdiction and administrative courts to apply for experience sharing at the Constitutional Court. During the period of six months (from […]
