Today, on 9 June, the conference of the Latvian and Lithuanian Constitutional Courts on legality assessment in the judgements of the Constitutional Court ended. Justices of the Constitutional Courts discussed methods that the Constitutional Court should use in legality assessment. Justices of the Latvian and the Lithuanian constitutional courts shared their experience and made proposals […]
Today, on 8 June, Justices of the Constitutional Court are welcoming Justices and representatives of the Lithuanian Constitutional Court. To mark this event, the Constitutional Court is organising a two-day conference “Legality (Lawfulness) Assessment in the Judgements of the Constitutional Court: Principles and the Criteria of Assessment”. The conference will be opened by the President of […]
On Thursday, 1 June, President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Latvia Miroslav Kosek. During the meeting the successful cooperation between the Constitutional Courts of both countries was discussed. The parties positively assessed the tri-lateral meeting of the justices of the Constitutional Courts of […]
On 23 May 2017 the Constitutional Court passed the judgement in Case No. 2016-13-01 “On Compliance of the Fifth Part of Section 629 of the Criminal Procedure Law with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 629 (5) of the Criminal Procedure Law: “The case materials in proceedings regarding […]
On 23 May, Justice of the Constitutional Court Daiga Rezevska participated in the conference dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Romanian Constitutional Court “A Quarter of a Century of Constitutionalism” in Bucharest, Romania. On Thursday, May 25, Justice of the Constitutional Court Jānis Neimanis will attend the annual congress of society Societas Iuris Publici […]
Today, on 18 May, Laila Jurcēna, Advisor to the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele, participates in the meeting of the Constitutional Justice-Joint Council of the European Commission for Democracy through Law (the Venice Commission) in Karlsruhe, Germany. The Council of Constitutional Justice unites representatives from the constitutional courts and institutions of constitutional review […]
On 18 May the Constitutional Court has passed judgement in Case No. 2016-12-01 “On Compliance of Section 5021 (5) of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia with the First Sentence of Article 92 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The Contested Norm Section 5021 of the Sentence Execution Code of Latvia establishes the procedure for appealing against decisions by […]
On 16 May 2017 the 1st Panel of the Constitutional Court initiated the case “On Compliance of Section 28920 (7) 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 unanimously recognise that […]
Today, on May 16, after a break in the court sitting that was announced last week, the Constitutional Court continued election of the Vice-president of the Constitutional Court. Justice of the Constitutional Court Sanita Osipova was elected deputy of the President of the Constitutional Court Ineta Ziemele with a majority vote for the term of […]
On Tuesday, 16 May, His Excellency Nigmatilla Yuldashev, the Chairman of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and the delegation led by him visited the Constitutional Court in the framework of his official visit to Latvia. At the Constitutional Court the delegation was welcomed by the President of the Constitutional Court […]
