From 24 May to 25 May, the Constitutional Court is organising the conference “The Role of the Constitutional Courts in the Globalised World of the 21st Century”. This conference will be the major international event of the field of law held in Latvia in the year of its centenary. The conference will be attended by representatives […]
From 16 May to 17 May, Justice of the Constitutional Court Aldis Laviņš will participate in the Third Congress of the Association of Constitutional Justice of the Countries of the Baltic and Black Sea Regions, which will be held in Tbilisi, Georgia. This year the role of constitutional courts in the process of European integration will […]
On May 15 2018, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in Case No. 2017-15-01 “On Compliance of Section 531 (7) of the Medical Treatment Law with the First Sentence of Article 91 and Article 107 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm: Section 531 (7) of the Medical Treatment Law: “If an extension to the normal […]
On Thursday, 3 May, an awards ceremony of the Ministry of Justice and the justice system was held at the National Library of Latvia, during which the Badges of Honour of the Justice System, awarded by the Awards Council of the Justice System, were presented. The aim of the award of the justice system is […]
On 26 April 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in the case “On compliance of Section 7(2) and Section 8(4) of the Law on Religious Organisations with Articles 99 and 102 of the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia and on compliance of Section 7(3) of the Law on Religious Organisations with Articles 91, 99 […]
On 25 April 2018, the Constitutional Court adopted the decision in case No. 2018-01-01 “On Compliance of the Seventh Part of Section 28920 of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 28920 (7) of the Latvian Administrative Violations Code: “If judges […]
On Friday, 13 April, Ineta Ziemele, the President of the Constitutional Court will go to the University of Oxford, the United Kingdom, where she will participate in the arbitration of the Price Media Law Moot Court, named in honour of Professor Monroe Edwin Price. Ineta Ziemele is one of the six arbiters, who will be judge the […]
On 12 April 2018, the Constitutional Court pronounced the judgement in case No. 2017-17-01 “On compliance of Section 1 of the Law “Amendments to the Law on Privatisation of State and Local Government Residential Houses” Adopted on 1 June 2017, and of the Law “Amendments to the Law on Land Reform in the Cities of the Republic […]
On 11 April 2018, the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in case No. 2017-12-01 “On compliance of Part 123 and Part 125 of Section 12 of the Law “On Value Added Tax” (in the wording that was in force from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2012), insofar as they restrict the right to have tax over-payment refunded within […]
From 11 to 14 April, Sanita Osipova, the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court, will participate in an international seminar on judicial independence that will be held at the Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The highest-level experts have been invited to participate in the seminar, i.e., judges and scholars of law, who will review the methodology for […]
