On Friday, 6 July, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova participated in the high-level discussion on equal access to justice organised by the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (hereinafter – OECD), the Court Administration and the Ministry of Justice. The discussion was opened by the Secretary General of OECD Angel Gurria and the […]

From 3 to 4 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court visited the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany. During the visit, two working sessions were held to discuss topics that were relevant for the Constitutional Courts of both countries. The first session, which was moderated by the President of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany […]

From 5 to 6 July, the President of the Constitutional Court, Professor of the Riga Graduate School of Law Ineta Ziemele will participate at the solemn meeting of the International Law Commission (hereinafter – the Commission) of the United Nations (hereinafter – the UN), which will be held during the annual session of the Commission […]

On Monday, 2 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court visited the German Federal Court of Justice, where they met two Judges of this Court – Rüdiger Pamp and Gabrielle Cirener. The guests were informed about the jurisdiction of the German Federal Court of Justice and the proceedings before it, then a discussion on a […]

From 2 to 4 July, the Justices of the Constitutional Court will go on an official visit to the German city of Karlsruhe, where they will meet with the judges of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany and of the German Federal Court of Justice. The visit will commence by visiting the German Federal Court of […]

On 29 June 2018, the 3rd Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Para 1 and Para 2 of Section 3 (92) of the law “On Remuneration of Officials and Employees of State and Local Government Authorities” with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia. The Contested Norms Para 1 and […]

On 29 June 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-25-01 “On Compliance of Para 6 of Section 5 of The Saeima Election Law with Article 1, Article 9 and Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Para 6 of Section 5 of The Saeima Election Law: “Persons are not to be included in […]

On 29 June 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-28-0306 “On Compliance of Para 31 of the Binding Regulation of 9 June 2015 of the Riga City Council No. 148 “On the Real Estate Tax in Riga” with Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and the First Part of Article 18 and the First […]

On 29 June 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case “On compliance of the Order of 1 August 2017 by the Minister for the Environmental Protection and Regional Development No. 1-13/6038 “On suspending Para 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the decision of 16 June 2017 by the Salaspils Regional Council “On Establishment of the Standing […]

On Wednesday, 20 June, a delegation from the People’s Republic of China visited the Constitutional Court. The delegation included representatives from China University of Political Science and Law and China Foundation of Human Rights Development. The foreign guests were welcomed by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele and employees of the Constitutional Court. […]