On 16 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-17-03 “On Compliance of Para 459 of the Binding Regulation of the Riga City Council of 7 February 2006 No. 38 “Regulation on the Use of and Construction in the Territory of the Historical Centre of Riga and the Protective Zone Thereof” with the First, the Second […]

On 16 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-21-01 “On Compliance of Section 4 (1) and Para 2 of Section 20 (1) of “Law on State Social Allowances”, insofar these Apply to Remuneration for Performing the Duties of a Guardian”, with Article 91 and Article 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms                                                                         Section 4 (1) of […]

From 13 to 14 May, the Judge of the International Court of Justice Antônio Augusto Cançado Trindade pays an official visit to Latvia upon the invitation by the Constitutional Court. The Judge is welcomed by the Constitutional Court, the Court invites all interested parties to use the rare opportunity to listen to the live broadcast […]

On 9 May 2019, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 2.11. of the Regulation of 2 December 2018 of the Financial and Capital Market Commission No. 198 “Regulation on Determining the Amount of Payments by the Financial and Capital Market Participants for Financing the Financial and Capital Market Commission in 2019 and […]

Today, on May 8, the judges of the Constitutional Court met with representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Latvia (hereafter – the diplomatic corps). The meeting was organised in order to introduce the representatives of the diplomatic corps with the Constitutional Court and its competence as well as to provide information on topical constitutional law […]

Today, on 8 May, a joint visiting session of the Legal Affairs Committee and the Judicial Policy Subcommittee of the Saeima, with the Constitutional Court judges participating, took place at the Constitutional Court. The joint session reviewed a number of issues in connection with the Constitutional Court. Opening the session, Chair of the Saeima’s Legal […]

On 2 May 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-14-01 “On Compliance of Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law “Remuneration of Officials of State and Local Government Authorities” with the First Sentence of Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 1 of Section 14 (71) of the law […]

On 30 April – 1 May, the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participated in the Heidelberg Discussion Group (Heidelberger Gesprächskreis) organised by Max-Planck Institute (Max-Planck-Institut). In the discussion, the Justices of the Constitutional Court together with judges from the constitutional courts belonging to the tradition of German […]

On 29 April 2019, the 4th Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “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 […]