On 21 February 2019, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2018-10-0103 “On Compliance of Section 2371 (2) of the Criminal Law, in the Wording that was in Force from 1 April 2013 to 1 December 2015, with Article 90 and the Second Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and of Sub-para ”e” of Annex 10A905 to the […]

On Friday, 15 February, on the 97th anniversary of the adoption of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia (hereinafter – the Satversme), the awards ceremony of the competition of drawings by 6th form pupils “My Fundamental Rights in the Satversme” and essays by pupils of 9th and 12th forms “The Next Hundred Years of the […]

On Wednesday, 6 February, the President of the Supreme Court Ineta Ziemele visited the Supreme Court of Finland and Latvia’s Embassy in Finland, as well as attended the conference of the judges of Finland’s administrative courts, which was held to mark the day of administrative judges in Finland. At the Supreme Court of Finland, Ineta Ziemele met […]

Today, on 5 February, the President of the Constitutional Court participated in the international conference organised by the University of Tampere on the protection of the rule of law in Europe (“How can we protect the Rule of Law in Europe”), held in Tampere, Finland. The conference was organised in connection with Finland’s Presidency of […]

The Constitutional Court, responding to the invitation expressed by the European Law Institute (hereinafter also – ELI), has become the Institutional Observer at ELI. The Constitutional Court’s membership in the European Law Institute is an important event since this will be another opportunity for the Justices and employees of the Constitutional Court, jointly with other […]

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 […]