From the 7th to the 10th January, the deputy-head of the Chancery of the Constitutional Court Ieva Spriņģe, the secretary of the President Anete Spunde and the librarian Ilze Bierne-Alsiņa visited the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (hereinafter – Czechia) in Brno, Czechia. During the visit, the employees met the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court of Czechia […]

On Wednesday, 9 January, the Constitutional Court, for the first time, held a solemn hearing, symbolically concluding the previous judicial year and launching the new judicial one in the presence of several highest officials of Latvia. The solemn hearing was opened by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, who reported on the relevant constitutional […]

On 7 January 2019, the 1st Panel of Constitutional Court, at its assignments sitting, initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 163 (4) of the Civil Law with Article 96 and Article 110 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 1 of Section 163 (4) of the Civil Law provides that the adopter may not be […]

On 28 December 2018, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 504 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 504 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia (hereinafter – the Code) establishes the regime for serving the sentence […]

On Tuesday, 18 December, the Constitutional Court was visited by the delegation of the Parliament of the Republic of Italy (hereinafter – Italy), within the framework of its official visit to Latvia; the delegation was headed by the Senator Isabella Rauti and the Ambassador of Italy to Latvia Sebastiano Fulci. At the Constitutional Court, the delegation […]

On 18 December 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2016-04-03 “On Compliance of the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 14 April 2015 No.187 “Amendment to the Cabinet of Ministers Regulation of 30 November 2004 No.1002 “Procedure for Implementing the Programming Document “Latvia’s Rural Development Plan for the Implementation of Rural Development Programme for 2004-2006””” with […]

On 14 December 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-09-0103 “On Compliance of the Eighth Part of Section 257 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code and Para 74 of the Cabinet Regulation of 7 December 2010 No.1098 “Regulation on Handling of Property and Documents Removed in a Case of Administrative Violation” with Article 92 and Article 105 of […]

On 12 December 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2018-06-0103 “On Compliance of Section 12 (1) of the Law “On State Social Allowances” and Annex 9 to the Cabinet Regulation of 23 December 2014 Nr. 805 “Regulations Regarding the Criteria, Time Periods and Procedures Determining Predictable Disability, Disability, and the Loss of Ability to Work” with the […]

From 29 to 30 November, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele paid an official visit to the Court of Justice of the European Union (hereinafter – CJEU), where she met with the President of CJEU Koen Lenaerts, the Judges of CJEU Egils Levits, Ingrīda Labucka, Inga Reine, as well as with the legal advisors […]