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. […]
On 20 June 2018, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2017-19-01 “On Compliance of Section 5021(5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia, insofar it Applies to a Decision to Refuse Mitigating the Regime for Serving a Sentence, with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of […]
On 13 June, the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “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 […]
On 14 June 2018, the Constitutional Court passed a judgement in Case No. 2017-23-01 “On Compliance of the Second and the Third Part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norms The second part of Section 573 of the Criminal Procedure Law […]
From 12 to 15 June, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova and the Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Laila Jurcēna participated in the preparatory meeting for the XVIII Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts, to be held in Prague, the Czech Republic. The preparatory meeting was and the […]
On 6 June 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-21-01 “Compliance of Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41(1) of Compulsory Civil Liability Insurance of Owners of Motor Vehicles Law with Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia.” The Contested Norm Sub-para “d” of Para 1 of Section 41 (1) of Compulsory Civil […]
Friday, 25 May, was the final day of the international conference, held by the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Latvia, “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in the Globalised World of the 21st Century”. On this day, a round-table discussion was held, which was moderated by the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele. […]
The description of the Conference’s topic is available here. The agenda of the Conference is available here. The video was created in cooperation with the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.
Today, on 24 May, the international conference The Role of the Constitutional Courts in the Globalised World of the 21st Century”, organised by the Constitutional Court, was opened. This conference is the major international event of the field of law held in Latvia in the year of its centenary. At the opening ceremony of the Conference, […]
On 23 May 2018, the Constitutional Court decided to terminate legal proceedings in case No. 2017-20-0103 “On Compliance of the Sixth and the Eighth Sentence of Section 7(5) of the Law “On Official Secrets” with Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia” and of the Second Sentence of Para 12 of the Cabinet Regulation of 23 May […]
